Methods and compositions for the quantitation of mitochondrial nucleic acid

ABSTRACT

Provided herein are products and processes for the quantitation of mitochondrial nucleic acid in a sample from a subject. In certain aspects are multiplex methods for determining dosage of mitochondrial nucleic acid relative to genomic nucleic acid for a sample from a subject including amplifying sets of mitochondrial polynucleotides and genomic polynucleotides from nucleic acid for a sample under amplification conditions. In certain aspects are multiplex methods for determining dosage of mitochondrial nucleic acid relative to genomic nucleic acid for a sample from a subject including amplifying sets of mitochondrial polynucleotides and amplifying sets of nuclear polynucleotides from nucleic acid for a sample under amplification conditions.

RELATED APPLICATIONS

This patent application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/295,804, filed Feb. 16, 2016, entitled METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE QUANTITATION OF MITOCHONDRIAL NUCLEIC ACID, naming Anders Nygren as inventor and assigned attorney docket no. AGB-7003-PV2. This patent application also claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/220,749, filed Sep. 18 2015, entitled METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE QUANTITATION OF MITOCHONDRIAL NUCLEIC ACID, naming Anders Nygren as inventor and assigned attorney docket no. AGB-7003-PV. The subject matter of each of these applications is incorporated in its entirety by reference thereto, including texts, tables and drawings.

SEQUENCE LISTING

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SUMMARY

Mitochondria are the energy center of the cell. Every cell has about 100 to 200 mitochondria and every mitochondria contains 1-10 copies of mitochondrial DNA. Qualitative changes in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), such as mutations and deletions, have been implicated in many diseases such as diabetes mellitus and cancer. Mitochondria are also vulnerable to oxidative stress.

Provided are methods and kits for determining dosage of mitochondrial nucleic acid relative to genomic nucleic acid.

Provided in certain aspects are multiplex methods for determining dosage of mitochondrial nucleic acid relative to genomic nucleic acid for a sample from a subject including: (a) amplifying sets of mitochondrial polynucleotides and genomic polynucleotides from nucleic acid for a sample under amplification conditions, wherein: (i) each set comprises a mitochondrial polynucleotide and a genomic polynucleotide; (ii) the mitochondrial polynucleotide and the genomic polynucleotide are native; (iii) the mitochondrial polynucleotide of a set differs from the mitochondrial polynucleotide of the other sets and the genomic polynucleotide of a set differs from the genomic polynucleotide of the other sets; (iv) the mitochondrial polynucleotide and the genomic polynucleotide of a set are defined by formula ^(5′)X-V-Y^(3′); (v) ^(5′)X-V-Y^(3′) represents a contiguous sequence of nucleotides present in the mitochondrial polynucleotide and the genomic polynucleotide; (vi) X and Y of the mitochondrial polynucleotide are identical to X and Y, respectively, of the genomic polynucleotide in each set; (vii) V is one or more nucleotide positions at which a nucleotide of the mitochondrial polynucleotide differs from the corresponding nucleotide of the genomic polynucleotide in a set; thereby providing a plurality of amplified sets each comprising amplicons corresponding to all or a portion of the mitochondrial polynucleotide and amplified genomic polynucleotide in the set; (b) comparing (i) the amplicons corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotide, to (ii) the amplicons corresponding to the genomic polynucleotide for each set, thereby generating a comparison; and (c) determining the relative dosage of mitochondrial nucleic acid to genomic nucleic acid in the sample based on the comparison.

Provided in other aspects, are kits including amplification primer pairs that comprise polynucleotides chosen from polynucleotides in Table 2 and Table 4, or portions thereof.

Provided in another aspect, is a multiplex method for determining dosage of extrachromosomal nucleic acid relative to genomic nucleic acid for a sample from a subject including: (a) amplifying sets of extrachromosomal polynucleotides and genomic polynucleotides from nucleic acid for a sample under amplification conditions, wherein: (i) each set comprises an extrachromosomal polynucleotide and a genomic polynucleotide; (ii) the extrachromosomal polynucleotide and the genomic polynucleotide are native; (iii) the extrachromosomal polynucleotide of a set differs from the extrachromosomal polynucleotide of the other sets and the genomic polynucleotide of a set differs from the genomic polynucleotide of the other sets; (iv) the extrachromosomal polynucleotide and the genomic polynucleotide of a set are defined by formula ^(5′)X-V-Y^(3′); (v)^(5′)X-V-Y^(3′) represents a contiguous sequence of nucleotides present in the extrachromosomal polynucleotide and the genomic polynucleotide; (vi) X and Y of the extrachromosomal polynucleotide are identical to X and Y, respectively, of the genomic polynucleotide in each set; (vii) V is one or more nucleotide positions at which a nucleotide of the extrachromosomal polynucleotide differs from the corresponding nucleotide of the genomic polynucleotide in a set; thereby providing a plurality of amplified sets each comprising amplicons corresponding to all or a portion of the extrachromosomal polynucleotide and amplified genomic polynucleotide in the set; (b) comparing (i) the amplicons corresponding to the extrachromosomal polynucleotide, to (ii) the amplicons corresponding to the genomic polynucleotide for each set, thereby generating a comparison; and (c) determining the relative dosage of extrachromosomal nucleic acid to genomic nucleic acid in the sample based on the comparison.

Provided in another aspect, is a multiplex method for determining dosage of extrachromosomal nucleic acid relative to genomic nucleic acid for a sample from a subject including: (a) amplifying sets of extrachromosomal polynucleotides and genomic polynucleotides from nucleic acid for a sample under amplification conditions, wherein: (i) each set comprises an extrachromosomal polynucleotide and a genomic polynucleotide; (ii) the extrachromosomal polynucleotide and the genomic polynucleotide are native; (iii) the extrachromosomal polynucleotide of a set differs from the extrachromosomal polynucleotide of the other sets and the genomic polynucleotide of a set differs from the genomic polynucleotide of the other sets; (iv) the extrachromosomal polynucleotide and the genomic polynucleotide of a set are defined by formula ^(5′)X-V-Y^(3′); (v) the ^(5′)X-V-Y^(3′) represents a contiguous sequence of nucleotides present in the extrachromosomal polynucleotide and the genomic polynucleotide; (vi) X and Y of the extrachromosomal polynucleotide are identical to X and Y, respectively, of the genomic polynucleotide in each set; (vii) V is one or more nucleotide positions at which a nucleotide of the extrachromosomal polynucleotide differs from the corresponding nucleotide of the genomic polynucleotide in a set; thereby providing a plurality of amplified sets each comprising amplicons corresponding to all or a portion of the extrachromosomal polynucleotide and amplified genomic polynucleotide in the set; (b) comparing (i) the amplicons corresponding to the extrachromosomal polynucleotide, to (ii) the amplicons corresponding to the genomic polynucleotide for each set, thereby generating a comparison; and (c) determining the relative dosage of extrachromosomal nucleic acid to genomic nucleic acid in the sample based on the comparison.

Provided in another aspect, is a multiplex method for determining dosage of mitochondrial nucleic acid relative to nuclear nucleic acid for a sample from a subject, including: (a) contacting nucleic acid of a sample from a subject comprising nucleic acid of a first species comprising a nuclear genome and a mitochondrial genome with nucleic acid of a second species comprising nucleic acid of a nuclear genome and a mitochondrial genome for which the copy number of the mitochondrial genome and the copy number of the nuclear genome are known, wherein the nuclear genome of the first species has regions that are paralogous to regions of the nuclear genome of the second species and the mitochondrial genome of the first species has regions that are paralogous to regions of the mitochondrial genome of the second species; (b) amplifying sets of nuclear polynucleotides of paralogous regions of the nuclear genome of the first species and the nuclear genome of the second species and sets of mitochondrial polynucleotides of paralogous regions of the mitochondrial genome of the first species and the mitochondrial genome of the second species from the nucleic acid of (a) under amplification conditions, wherein: (i) each set comprises a polynucleotide of the nuclear genome of the first species and a polynucleotide of the nuclear genome of the second species or each set comprises a polynucleotide of the mitochondrial genome of the first species and a polynucleotide of the mitochondrial genome of the second species; (ii) the mitochondrial polynucleotides and the nuclear polynucleotides are native; (iii) the mitochondrial polynucleotides of a set differ from the mitochondrial polynucleotides of the other sets and the nuclear polynucleotides of a set differ from the nuclear polynucleotides of the other sets; (iv) the mitochondrial polynucleotides of a set and the nuclear polynucleotides of a set are defined by formula ^(5′)J-V-K^(3′); (v)^(5′)J-V-K^(3′) represents a contiguous sequence of nucleotides present in the mitochondrial polynucleotides or in the nuclear polynucleotides; (vi) J and K of the mitochondrial polynucleotides of a set are identical and J and K of the nuclear polynucleotides of a set are identical; and (vii) V is one or more nucleotide positions at which a nucleotide of the mitochondrial polynucleotides of the first and second species of a set differ or V is one or more nucleotide positions at which a nucleotide of the nuclear polynucleotides of the first and second species of a set differ; thereby providing a plurality of amplified sets each comprising amplicons corresponding to all or a portion of the mitochondrial polynucleotides of a set or amplicons corresponding to all or a portion of the amplified nuclear polynucleotides of a set; (c) comparing the amplicons corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotide of the second species to the amplicons corresponding to mitochondrial polynucleotide of the first species in a set and comparing the amplicons corresponding to the nuclear polynucleotide of the second species to the amplicons corresponding to the nuclear polynucleotide of the first species in a set, thereby generating comparisons; and (d) determining the relative dosage of mitochondrial nucleic acid to the nuclear nucleic acid in the sample from the subject based on comparisons of (c) for all sets. In certain embodiments, the comparisons in (c) are a ratio of the amount of the amplicons corresponding to the polynucleotide of the mitochondrial genome of the second species to the amount of amplicons corresponding to polynucleotide of the mitochondrial genome of the first species in a set and a ratio of the amount of the amplicons corresponding to the polynucleotide of the nuclear genome of the second species to the amount of amplicons corresponding to the polynucleotide of the nuclear genome of the first species in a set, and determining the relative dosage of mitochondrial nucleic acid to nuclear nucleic acid in the sample from the subject in (d) is based on the ratios. In certain aspects, the first species is human. In some aspects, the second species is chimpanzee.

Provided in other aspects, are kits including amplification primer pairs that comprise polynucleotides chosen from polynucleotides in Table 7, or portions thereof.

Certain embodiments are described further in the following description, examples, claims and drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The drawings illustrate certain embodiments of the technology and are not limiting. For clarity and ease of illustration, the drawings are not made to scale and, in some instances, various aspects may be shown exaggerated or enlarged to facilitate an understanding of particular embodiments.

FIG. 1A-C show mitochondria copy numbers (FIG. 1A), nuclear copy numbers (FIG. 1B) mitochondrial vs nuclear ratios (FIG. 1C) calculated based on a multiplex assay targeting human and chimpanzee paralogs for a single subject over a period of time.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Certain of methods and kits provided herein enable the interrogation of both mitochondrial nucleic acid and genomic nucleic acid in a single reaction and do not require control samples or internal standards in order to compare amplicons representing these species. Certain methods and kits provided herein also do not require positive controls.

Certain of methods and kits provided herein enable the interrogation of both mitochondrial nucleic acid and nuclear (genomic) nucleic acid in a single reaction and utilize an internal standard that simulates the huge difference in copy number between the mitochondrial genome and the nuclear genome, as well as allowing for multiplex assays requiring little to no optimization. Certain methods and kits provided herein also utilize an internal standard.

The multiplex methods and kits provided herein by examining multiple regions of the mitochondrial DNA genome allow for both the determination of mitochondrial dosage and the detection of mitochondrial deletions in a single reaction. The examination of multiple locations of the mitochondrial genome also minimizes technical variability, allowing for a more accurate assessment of mitochondrial dosage.

Technology described herein can be utilized to assess a state of a cell, tissue, body function, medical condition (e.g., disease) or disorder, progression of a medical condition or disorder or treatment of a medical condition or disorder, for example. Certain embodiments of the technology are useful for (i) determining the likelihood a test subject has a medical condition or disorder or is pre-disposed to having a medical condition or disorder, (ii) determining the presence or absence of a progression of a medical condition or disorder in a test subject, (iii) determining the presence or absence of a response to a therapy administered to a test subject having the medical condition or disorder, (iv) determining whether a dosage of a therapeutic agent administered to a test subject should be increased, decreased or maintained; the like or combination of the foregoing. Various aspects and embodiments of the technology are described hereafter.

Nucleic Acid

Provided in part herein are methods for nucleic acid quantification. The terms “nucleic acid”, “nucleic acid molecule” and “polynucleotide” may be used interchangeably throughout the disclosure. Non-limiting examples of nucleic acid include deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA, e.g., complementary DNA (cDNA), genomic DNA (gDNA) also referred to as nuclear DNA, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), episomal DNA, and the like), ribonucleic acid (RNA, e.g., message RNA (mRNA), short inhibitory RNA (siRNA), ribosomal RNA (rRNA), transfer RNA (tRNA), microRNA, RNA highly expressed by the fetus or placenta, and the like), DNA or RNA analogs (e.g., containing base analogs, sugar analogs and/or a non-native backbone and the like), RNA/DNA hybrids and polyamide nucleic acids (PNAs). A nucleic acid can be in single-stranded or double-stranded form, and unless otherwise limited, can encompass known analogs of natural nucleotides that can function in a similar manner as naturally occurring nucleotides.

A nucleic acid can be in any form useful for conducting processes herein (e.g., linear, circular, supercoiled, single-stranded, double-stranded and the like). A nucleic acid may be, or may be from, mitochondria, a plasmid, phage, virus, an episomal or extrachromosomal element, a chloroplast, a plastid, autonomously replicating sequence (ARS), centromere, artificial chromosome, chromosome, or other nucleic acid able to replicate or be replicated in vitro or in a host cell, a cell, a cell nucleus or cytoplasm of a cell, in certain embodiments. A nucleic acid in some embodiments can be from a single chromosome (e.g., a nucleic acid sample may be from one chromosome of a sample obtained from a diploid organism). The term also may include, as equivalents, derivatives, variants and analogs of RNA or DNA synthesized from nucleotide analogs, single-stranded (e.g., “sense” or “antisense”, “plus” strand or “minus” strand, “forward” reading frame or “reverse” reading frame) and double-stranded polynucleotides. Deoxyribonucleotides include deoxyadenosine, deoxycytidine, deoxyguanosine and deoxythymidine. For RNA, the base thymine is replaced with uracil. A nucleic acid may be prepared using a nucleic acid obtained from a subject.

Circulating Cell-Free Nucleic Acid

Nucleic acid can be circulating cell-free nucleic acid in certain embodiments. The terms “circulating cell-free nucleic acid,” “extracellular nucleic acid” and “cell free nucleic acid” as used herein refer to nucleic acid isolated from a source having substantially no cells. Circulating cell-free nucleic acid (ccfNA, ccfDNA) can be present in and obtained from blood. Circulating cell-free nucleic acid often includes no detectable cells and may contain cellular elements or cellular remnants. Non-limiting examples of acellular sources for extracellular nucleic acid are blood, blood plasma, blood serum, cerebrospinal fluid, spinal fluid, and urine. Obtaining circulating cell-free nucleic acid includes obtaining a sample directly (e.g., collecting a sample, e.g., a test sample) or obtaining a sample from another who has collected a sample. Without being limited by theory, circulating cell-free nucleic acid may be a product of cell apoptosis and cell breakdown, which provides basis for extracellular nucleic acid often having a series of lengths across a spectrum (e.g., a “ladder”).

Circulating cell-free nucleic acid can include different nucleic acid species, and therefore is referred to herein as “heterogeneous.” For example, blood serum or plasma from a person having cancer can include nucleic acid from cancer cells and nucleic acid from non-cancer cells. In another non-limiting example, blood serum or plasma from a pregnant female can include maternal nucleic acid and fetal nucleic acid. In another non-limiting example, blood serum or plasma from a pregnant female can include maternal nucleic acid, placental nucleic acid and fetal nucleic acid. In another non-limiting example, blood serum or plasma can include nuclear or genomic nucleic acid and mitochondrial nucleic acid. At least two different nucleic acid species can exist in different amounts in circulating cell-free nucleic acid and sometimes are referred to as minority species and majority species. In certain instances, a minority species of nucleic acid is from an affected cell type (e.g., cancer cell, wasting cell, cell attacked by immune system). In some instances, a minority species of circulating cell-free nucleic acid sometimes is about 1% to about 40% of the overall nucleic acid (e.g., about 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39 or 40% of the nucleic acid is minority species nucleic acid). In circulating cell-free nucleic acid mitochondrial nucleic acid can be present in greater amounts than genomic or nuclear nucleic acid and can be considered the majority species. In some embodiments, a minority species of circulating cell-free nucleic acid is of a length of about 500 base pairs or less (e.g., about 80, 85, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99 or 100% of minority species nucleic acid is of a length of about 500 base pairs or less). In some embodiments, a minority species of circulating cell-free nucleic acid is of a length of about 300 base pairs or less (e.g., about 80, 85, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99 or 100% of minority species nucleic acid is of a length of about 300 base pairs or less). In some embodiments, a minority species of circulating cell-free nucleic acid is of a length of about 200 base pairs or less (e.g., about 80, 85, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99 or 100% of minority species nucleic acid is of a length of about 200 base pairs or less). In some embodiments, a minority species of circulating cell-free nucleic acid is of a length of about 150 base pairs or less (e.g., about 80, 85, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99 or 100% of minority species nucleic acid is of a length of about 150 base pairs or less). In some embodiments, the majority nucleic acid species of circulating cell-free nucleic acid (mitochondrial) is of a length that is less than the length of the minority nucleic acid species of circulating cell-free nucleic acid (nuclear or genomic). In some embodiments, the length of the majority nucleic acid species (mitochondrial) is about 50 base pairs and the length of the minority nucleic acid species (genomic or nuclear) is about 166 base pairs.

Cellular Nucleic Acid

Nucleic acid can be cellular nucleic acid in certain embodiments. The term “cellular nucleic acid” as used herein refers to nucleic acid isolated from a source having intact cells. Non-limiting examples of sources for cellular nucleic acid are blood cells, tissue cells, organ cells, tumor cells, hair cells, skin cells, and bone cells.

In some embodiments, nucleic acid is from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC). A PBMC is any blood cell having a round nucleus, such as, for example, lymphocytes, monocytes or macrophages. These cells can be extracted from whole blood, for example, using ficoll, a hydrophilic polysaccharide that separates layers of blood, with PBMCs forming a buffy coat under a layer of plasma. Additionally, PBMCs can be extracted from whole blood using a hypotonic lysis which preferentially lyses red blood cells and leaves PBMCs intact, and/or can be extracted using a differential centrifugation process known in the art.

Mitochondrial DNA can be extracted from whole blood using standard methods for DNA extraction from whole blood. Mitochondrial DNA can be enriched using a protocol as described in BioTechniques 55:133-136 (September 2013), hereby incorporated in its entirety by reference.

Using standard methods of DNA extraction both mitochondrial and nuclear DNA can be obtained from a sample. For example, standard DNA extraction kits can be used with buffy coat or buccal swaps for both mitochondrial and nuclear DNA and the corresponding kits when targeting circulating cell free DNA.

Nucleic Acid for Internal Standard

In some embodiments the copy number or genomic equivalents of the mitochondrial genome and the nuclear genome of nucleic acid of a second species is known or can be determined. The known equivalents of the mitochondrial genome and the nuclear genome for the nucleic acid of the second species serve as internal standards that can be used in conjunction with paralog assay results in determining the copy number of the mitochondrial genome and the copy number of the nuclear genome of the nucleic acid of the first species. The copy number of the mitochondrial nucleic acid and the copy number of the nuclear nucleic acid can be used to determine the mitochondrial/nuclear ratio for the nucleic acid of the sample from a subject (i.e., dosage). The exact amounts of mitochondrial and nuclear genomic equivalents or copy numbers for the nucleic acid of a second species (e.g., chimpanzee) that is utilized in an assay can be determined using methods such digital PCR. In some embodiments, the method is digital droplet PCR with a mitochondrial specific primer pair and a nuclear specific primer pair. In certain embodiments, ratios for mitochondrial to nuclear genomic equivalents for the internal standard species can be from approximately 500 to approximately 5000. A standard ratio for a chimpanzee is approximately 1200. As described below the nucleic acid for the internal standard is obtained from a genome (species) with regions in its mitochondrial and nuclear genome that are paralogs with regions of the mitochondrial and nuclear genome of the nucleic acid of the sample from a subject.

Samples

Nucleic acid in or from a suitable sample can be utilized in a method described herein. A mixture of nucleic acids can comprise two or more nucleic acid fragment species having different nucleotide sequences, different fragment lengths, different origins (e.g., genomic origin, mitochondrial vs nuclear (genomic) origin, fetal vs. maternal origin, cell or tissue origin, cancer vs. non-cancer origin, tumor vs. non-tumor origin, sample origin, subject origin, and the like), or combinations thereof. In some embodiments, nucleic acid is analyzed in situ (e.g., in a sample; in a subject), in vivo, ex vivo or in vitro.

Nucleic acid often is isolated from a sample obtained from a subject. A subject can be any living or non-living organism, including but not limited to a human, a non-human animal, a plant, a bacterium, a fungus or a protist. Any human or non-human animal can be selected, including but not limited to mammal, reptile, avian, amphibian, fish, ungulate, ruminant, bovine (e.g., cattle), equine (e.g., horse), caprine and ovine (e.g., sheep, goat), swine (e.g., pig), camelid (e.g., camel, llama, alpaca), monkey, ape (e.g., gorilla, chimpanzee), ursid (e.g., bear), poultry, dog, cat, mouse, rat, fish, dolphin, whale and shark. A subject may be male or female.

Nucleic acid may be isolated from any type of suitable biological specimen or sample (e.g., a test sample). A sample or test sample can be any specimen that is isolated or obtained from a subject (e.g., a human subject, a pregnant female or a non-human subject). Non-limiting examples of specimens include fluid or tissue from a subject, including, without limitation, cerebrospinal fluid, spinal fluid, lavage fluid (e.g., bronchoalveolar, gastric, peritoneal, ductal, ear, arthroscopic), urine, feces, sputum, saliva, nasal mucous, prostate fluid, lavage, semen, lymphatic fluid, bile, tears, sweat, breast milk, breast fluid, biopsy sample (e.g., cancer biopsy), cell or tissue sample (e.g., from the liver, lung, spleen, pancreas, colon, skin, bladder, eye, brain, esophagus, head, neck, ovary, testes, prostate, the like or combination thereof). In some embodiments, a biological sample may be blood and sometimes a blood fraction (e.g., plasma or serum). As used herein, the term “blood” encompasses whole blood or any fractions of blood, such as serum and plasma as conventionally defined, for example. Blood or fractions thereof often comprise nucleosomes (e.g., maternal and/or fetal nucleosomes). Nucleosomes comprise nucleic acids and are sometimes cell-free or intracellular. Blood also comprises buffy coats. Buffy coats sometimes are isolated by utilizing a ficoll gradient. Buffy coats can comprise white blood cells (e.g., leukocytes, T-cells, B-cells, platelets, and the like). In some embodiments, buffy coats comprise maternal and/or fetal nucleic acid. Blood plasma refers to the fraction of whole blood resulting from centrifugation of blood treated with anticoagulants. Blood serum refers to the watery portion of fluid remaining after a blood sample has coagulated. Fluid or tissue samples often are collected in accordance with standard protocols hospitals or clinics generally follow. For blood, an appropriate amount of peripheral blood (e.g., between 3-40 milliliters) often is collected and can be stored according to standard procedures prior to or after preparation. A fluid or tissue sample from which nucleic acid is extracted may be acellular (e.g., cell-free). In some embodiments, a fluid or tissue sample may contain cellular elements or cellular remnants. In some embodiments cancer cells may be included in the sample.

Nucleic Acid Isolation and Processing

Nucleic acid can be isolated using any suitable technique. Cell lysis procedures and reagents are known in the art and may generally be performed by chemical (e.g., detergent, hypotonic solutions, enzymatic procedures, and the like, or combination thereof), physical (e.g., French press, sonication, and the like), or electrolytic lysis methods. Any suitable lysis procedure can be utilized. For example, chemical methods generally employ lysing agents to disrupt cells and extract the nucleic acids from the cells, followed by treatment with chaotropic salts. Physical methods such as freeze/thaw followed by grinding, the use of cell presses and the like also are useful. High salt lysis procedures also are commonly used. For example, an alkaline lysis procedure may be utilized. The latter procedure traditionally incorporates the use of phenol-chloroform solutions, and an alternative phenol-chloroform-free procedure involving three solutions can be utilized. In the latter procedures, one solution can contain 15 mM Tris, pH 8.0; 10 mM EDTA and 100 ug/ml Rnase A; a second solution can contain 0.2N NaOH and 1% SDS; and a third solution can contain 3M KOAc, pH 5.5. These procedures can be found in Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, John Wiley & Sons, N.Y., 6.3.1-6.3.6 (1989), incorporated herein in its entirety.

Nucleic acid may be isolated at a different time point as compared to another nucleic acid, where each of the samples is from the same or a different source. A nucleic acid may be from a nucleic acid library, such as a cDNA or RNA library, for example. A nucleic acid may be a result of nucleic acid purification or isolation and/or amplification of nucleic acid molecules from the sample. Nucleic acid provided for processes described herein may contain nucleic acid from one sample or from two or more samples (e.g., from 1 or more, 2 or more, 3 or more, 4 or more, 5 or more, 6 or more, 7 or more, 8 or more, 9 or more, 10 or more, 11 or more, 12 or more, 13 or more, 14 or more, 15 or more, 16 or more, 17 or more, 18 or more, 19 or more, or 20 or more samples).

Nucleic acid may be provided for conducting methods described herein without processing of the sample(s) containing the nucleic acid, in certain embodiments. In some embodiments, nucleic acid is provided for conducting methods described herein after processing of the sample(s) containing the nucleic acid. For example, a nucleic acid can be extracted, isolated, purified, partially purified or amplified from the sample(s). The term “isolated” as used herein refers to nucleic acid removed from its original environment (e.g., the natural environment if it is naturally occurring, or a host cell if expressed exogenously), and thus is altered by human intervention (e.g., “by the hand of man”) from its original environment. The term “isolated nucleic acid” as used herein can refer to a nucleic acid removed from a subject (e.g., a human subject). An isolated nucleic acid can be provided with fewer non-nucleic acid components (e.g., protein, lipid) than the amount of components present in a source sample. A composition comprising isolated nucleic acid can be about 50% to greater than 99% free of non-nucleic acid components. A composition comprising isolated nucleic acid can be about 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or greater than 99% free of non-nucleic acid components. The term “purified” as used herein can refer to a nucleic acid provided that contains fewer non-nucleic acid components (e.g., protein, lipid, carbohydrate) than the amount of non-nucleic acid components present prior to subjecting the nucleic acid to a purification procedure. A composition comprising purified nucleic acid may be about 80%, 81%, 82%, 83%, 84%, 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or greater than 99% free of other non-nucleic acid components. The term “purified” as used herein can refer to a nucleic acid provided that contains fewer nucleic acid species than in the sample source from which the nucleic acid is derived. A composition comprising purified nucleic acid may be about 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or greater than 99% free of other nucleic acid species. For example, cancer cell nucleic acid can be purified from a mixture comprising cancer cell and non-cancer cell nucleic acid. In certain examples, nucleosomes comprising small fragments of cancer cell nucleic acid can be purified from a mixture of larger nucleosome complexes comprising larger fragments of non-cancer nucleic acid.

Mitochondrial and Genomic (Nuclear) Nucleic Acid

Provided herein are methods to determine the dosage of mitochondrial nucleic acid relative to genomic (nuclear) nucleic acid in a sample. In some embodiments, the nucleic acid is DNA.

Mitochondrial/Genomic (Nuclear) Paralogs

In some embodiments, mitochondrial and genomic polynucleotides are analyzed in sets of polynucleotides. In some embodiments the mitochondrial polynucleotide and the genomic polynucleotide of a set are referred to as a mitochondrial/genomic (nuclear) paralog. A mitochondrial/genomic (nuclear) paralog is a region in the mitochondrial genome with a similar or nearly identical region in the nuclear genome. The paralogous sequence can be any size but must contain one or more regions that are identical in the mitochondrial genome and the nuclear genome and one or more nucleotides that are different in the mitochondria genome and the nuclear genome. In some embodiments, the paralogous sequence includes one or two base pair mismatches.

As used herein, the term “set” can refer to a mitochondrial polynucleotide and a corresponding genomic polynucleotide (paralogs) that have the following characteristics: (i) a set comprises a mitochondrial polynucleotide and a genomic polynucleotide; (ii) the mitochondrial polynucleotide and the genomic polynucleotide of a set are native; (iii) the mitochondrial polynucleotide is different from the genomic polynucleotide in a set; (iv) the mitochondrial polynucleotide and the genomic polynucleotide of a set are defined by formula ^(5′)X-V-Y^(3′) and (v) the mitochondrial polynucleotide of a set differs from the mitochondrial polynucleotide of the other sets and the genomic polynucleotide of a set differs from the genomic polynucleotide of the other sets.

The term “native” as used herein refers to the sequence of nucleotides as it is present in a mitochrondrial genome or nuclear genome and that has not been modified, altered or rearranged.

As used herein the term “multiplex” refers to the analysis of more than one set of a mitochondrial polynucleotide and a genomic polynucleotide in a single reaction. The polynucleotides represent distinct and different regions of the mitochondrial genome and distinct and different regions of the nuclear genome.

In some embodiments, ^(5′)X-V-Y^(3′) represents a contiguous sequence of nucleotides present in the mitochondrial polynucleotide and the genomic polynucleotide and X and Y of the mitochondrial polynucleotide are identical to X and Y, respectively, of the genomic polynucleotide in each set. V is one or more nucleotide positions at which a nucleotide of the mitochondrial polynucleotide differs from the corresponding nucleotide of the genomic polynucleotide in a set (e.g., a mismatch, single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)). V can also be an insertion or a deletion. In certain embodiments, V is a single nucleotide position.

As used herein, the term “identical” refers to defined portions (specific length) of mitochondrial and genomic polynucleotides for which the nucleotide sequence does not differ at any position. ^(5′)X-V-Y^(3′) can be any length or number of nucleotides. In some embodiments, ^(5′)X-V-Y³ is about 30 to about 300 base pairs in length.

In some embodiments “dosage” is determined based on a comparison of mitochondrial nucleic acid (from mitochondrial genome) to genomic nucleic acid. In some embodiments “dosage” is a ratio of mitochondrial DNA to genomic DNA for a sample. In some embodiments “dosage” is a ratio of the amount of mitochondrial DNA to the amount of genomic DNA for a sample. In some embodiments, the comparison is a ratio of (i) the amount of the amplicons corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotide, to (ii) the amount of the amplicons corresponding to the genomic polynucleotide, in each set. A ratio could be either a comparison of the amount of the amplicons corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotide to the amount of the amplicons corresponding to the genomic polynucleotide or a comparison of the amount of the amplicons corresponding to the genomic polynucleotide to the amount of the amplicons corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotide. Sometimes dosage represents the copy number of mitochondrial DNA relative to the copy number of genomic DNA in a sample.

The term “amount” as used herein with respect to amplicons refers to any suitable measurement, including, but not limited to, copy number, weight (e.g., grams) and concentration (e.g., grams per unit volume (e.g., milliliter); molar units). In some embodiments, “amount” is determined based on analysis of a detectable parameter that correlates with amount; such as the quantification of a specific nucleotide at a defined position in a mitochondrial or a genomic polynucleotide (e.g., “V”).

Mitochondrial/Mitochondrial Paralogs-Nuclear/Nuclear Paralogs

In some embodiments, mitochondrial polynucleotides of a first species present in a sample and mitochondrial polynucleotides of a second species provided as an internal standard are analyzed in sets of polynucleotides and nuclear polynucleotides of a first species present in a sample and nuclear polynucleotides of a second species provided as an internal standard are analyzed in sets of polynucleotides. In some embodiments, the mitochondrial polynucleotides of a set are referred to as a mitochondrial/mitochondrial paralog. In some embodiments, the nuclear polynucleotides of a set are referred to as a nuclear/nuclear paralog. A mitochondrial/mitochondrial paralog is a region in the mitochondrial genome of a first species with a similar or nearly identical region in the mitochondrial genome of a second species. A nuclear/nuclear paralog is a region in the nuclear genome of a first species with a similar or nearly identical region in the nuclear genome of a second species. The paralogous sequence can be any size but must contain one or more regions that are identical in the two mitochondrial genomes and one or more nucleotides that are different in the two mitochondrial genomes. For nuclear genomes, the paralogous sequence can be any size but must contain one or more regions that are identical in the two nuclear genomes and one or more nucleotides that are different in the two nuclear genomes. In some embodiments, the paralogous sequence includes one or two base pair mismatches.

The species of polynucleotides of a set can represent any two species where paralog regions occur in the mitochondrial genomes of the two species and where paralog regions occur in the nuclear genomes of the two species. In certain embodiments, the first species is human and second species is non-human. In some embodiments, the second species is chimpanzee. In certain embodiments, the nucleic acid of a sample from a subject is the first species and the nucleic acid providing an internal standard is the second species.

The term “set” can refer to a mitochondrial polynucleotide of a first species and a corresponding mitochondrial polynucleotide of a second species (paralogs) or can refer to a nuclear polynucleotide of a first species and a corresponding nuclear polynucleotide of a second species (paralogs) that have the following characteristics: (i) each set comprises a polynucleotide of the nuclear genome of the first species and a polynucleotide of the nuclear genome of the second species or each set comprises a polynucleotide of the mitochondrial genome of the first species and a polynucleotide of the mitochondrial genome of the second species; (ii) the mitochondrial polynucleotides and the nuclear polynucleotides are native; (iii) the mitochondrial polynucleotides of a set differ from the mitochondrial polynucleotides of the other sets and the nuclear polynucleotides of a set differ from the nuclear polynucleotides of the other sets; (iv) the mitochondrial polynucleotides of a set and the nuclear polynucleotides of a set are defined by formula ^(5′)J-V-K^(3′); (v)^(5′)J-V-K^(3′) represents a contiguous sequence of nucleotides present in the mitochondrial polynucleotides or in the nuclear polynucleotides; (vi) J and K of the mitochondrial polynucleotides of a set are identical and J and K of the nuclear polynucleotides of a set are identical; and (vii) V is one or more nucleotide positions at which a nucleotide of the mitochondrial polynucleotides of the first and second species of a set differ or V is one or more nucleotide positions at which a nucleotide of the nuclear polynucleotides of the first and second species of a set differ.

The term “native” as used herein refers to the sequence of nucleotides as it is present in a mitochrondrial genome or nuclear genome and that has not been modified, altered or rearranged.

The term “multiplex” refers to the analysis of more than one set of a mitochondrial polynucleotide of a first species and a corresponding mitochondrial polynucleotide of a second species in a single reaction or more than one set of a nuclear polynucleotide of a first species and a corresponding nuclear polynucleotide of a second species in a single reaction. In some embodiments, the more than one set of mitochondrial polynucleotides and the more than one set of nuclear polynucleotides are in a single reaction. In some embodiments, the more than one set of mitochondrial polynucleotides and the more than one set of nuclear polynucleotides are in different reactions.

The mitochondrial polynucleotides of a set of a mitochondrial polynucleotide of a first species and a corresponding mitochondrial polynucleotide of a second species differs from the mitochondrial polynucleotides of other sets of mitochondrial polynucleotides. The nuclear polynucleotides of a set of a nuclear polynucleotide of a first species and a corresponding nuclear polynucleotide of a second species differs from the nuclear polynucleotides of other sets of nuclear polynucleotides. The polynucleotides represent distinct and different regions of the mitochondrial genomes and distinct and different regions of the nuclear genomes.

In some embodiments, ^(5′)J-V-K^(3′) represents a contiguous sequence of nucleotides present in the mitochondrial polynucleotides and J and K of the mitochondrial polynucleotides are identical in each set. In some embodiments, ^(5′)J-V-K^(3′) represents a contiguous sequence of nucleotides present in the nuclear polynucleotides and J and K of the nuclear polynucleotides are identical in each set. V is one or more nucleotide positions at which a nucleotide of the mitochondrial polynucleotides in a set differ or one or more nucleotide positions at which a nucleotide of the nuclear polynucleotides in a set differ. In some aspects V can be a mismatch or single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP). V can also be an insertion or a deletion. In certain embodiments, V is a single nucleotide position.

As used herein, the term “identical” refers to defined portions (specific length) of mitochondrial polynucleotides of a set or nuclear polynucleotides of a set for which the nucleotide sequences do not differ at any position.

^(5′)J-V-K^(3′) can be any length or number of nucleotides. In some embodiments, ^(5′)J-V-K^(3′) is about 30 to about 300 base pairs in length.

In certain embodiments, a first species/second species paralog are analyzed together in an assay. In some embodiments, assays target nuclear paralogs. In some embodiments, assays target mitochondrial paralogs. In some embodiments, the first species/second species paralogs are human/chimpanzee paralogs. In some embodiments, an assay consists of a set of a mitochondrial polynucleotide of a first species and a corresponding mitochondrial polynucleotide of a second species that analyzed together. In some embodiments, an assay consists of set of a nuclear polynucleotide of a first species and a corresponding nuclear polynucleotide of a second species that are analyzed together. Certain ratios are based on the amounts of amplicons of a first and a second species determined in the assays that target mitochondrial paralogs. Certain ratios are based on the amounts of amplicons of a first and a second species determined in the assays that target nuclear paralogs.

In some embodiments “dosage” is determined based on a comparison of mitochondrial nucleic acid (from the mitochondrial genome) to nuclear nucleic acid (from the nuclear genome) for a first species. In some embodiments “dosage” is a ratio of mitochondrial DNA to nuclear DNA for a sample from a subject. In some embodiments “dosage” is a ratio of the amount of mitochondrial DNA to the amount of nuclear DNA for a sample from a subject. In some embodiments “dosage” is a ratio of the copy number of mitochondrial DNA to the copy number of nuclear DNA for a sample from a subject (e.g., first species or human). In some embodiments, the mitochondrial copy number for the nucleic acid of a first species can be derived based on the ratio of the amount of the mitochondrial polynucleotide of the first species and the amount of the mitochondrial polynucleotide of the second species as determined by assays targeting mitochondrial paralogs, in conjunction with the known value for the copy number of the mitochondrial nucleic acid (genome) of the second species. In some embodiments, the nuclear copy number for the nucleic acid of a first species can be derived based on the ratio of the amount of the nuclear polynucleotide of the first species and the amount of the nuclear polynucleotide of the second species as determined by assays targeting nuclear paralogs, in conjunction with the known value for the copy number of the nuclear nucleic acid (genome) of the second species.

In some embodiments, the subject is human and accordingly the nucleic acid of the first species is human and the nucleic acid of the second species is chimpanzee.

The term “amount” as used herein with respect to amplicons refers to any suitable measurement, including, but not limited to, copy number, weight (e.g., grams) and concentration (e.g., grams per unit volume (e.g., milliliter); molar units). In some embodiments, “amount” is determined based on analysis of a detectable parameter that correlates with amount; such as the quantification of a specific nucleotide at a defined position in a mitochondrial or a nuclear polynucleotide (e.g., “V”).

Identification of Paralogs

The mitochondrial genome is a circular genome of about 16.5 Kb and contains 37 genes, 13 of which encode proteins. The mitochondrial genome can be is divided into short fragments of any length that is amenable to carrying out sequence comparison (e.g., 100 bp). Alignment techniques and sequence identity assessment methodology are known. Such analyses can be performed by using mathematical algorithms.

Mitochondrial/Genomic (Nuclear) Paralogs (^(5′)X-V-Y^(3′))

Fragments of the mitochondrial genome are aligned with and compared to regions of a human genome based on defined criteria, such as, but not limited to, the number of mismatches that are allowed in the sequence (e.g., 1 mismatch, 2 mismatches, 5 mismatches, 10 mismatches, 15 mismatches, 20 mismatches, 25 mismatches) to identify similar or nearly identical regions. From these regions, those regions that fulfil the criteria specified for (^(5′)X-V-Y^(3′)) and the other criteria that define a set, as discussed above, are selected. A sufficient number of regions are chosen from different locations in the mitochondrial genome in order to span the mitochondrial genome and to provide a sufficient number of measurements to minimize technical variability. In some embodiments, regions are chosen so that at least one region is located in specific mitochondrial genes of interest. In some embodiments the number of sets is about 2 sets to about 20 sets. In some embodiments the number of sets is about 2 sets to about 10 sets. In some embodiments the number of sets is 10 sets. In some embodiments the number of sets is a least 5 sets.

In some embodiments, sets of mitochondrial and genomic polynucleotides are described in Table 1.

Mitochondrial/Mitochondrial Paralogs-Nuclear/Nuclear Paralogs (^(5′)J-V-K^(3′))

Fragments of a mitochondrial genome of a first species are aligned with and compared to regions of a mitochondrial genome of a second species and fragments of a nuclear genome of a first species are aligned with and compared to regions of a nuclear genome of a second species based on defined criteria, such as, but not limited to, the number of mismatches that are allowed in the sequence (e.g., 1 mismatch, 2 mismatches, 5 mismatches, 10 mismatches, 15 mismatches, 20 mismatches, 25 mismatches) to identify similar or nearly identical regions. From these regions, those regions that fulfil the criteria specified for (^(5′)J-V-K^(3′)) and the other criteria that define a set, as discussed above, are selected. A sufficient number of regions are chosen from different locations in the mitochondrial genome in order to span the mitochondrial genome and to provide a sufficient number of measurements to minimize technical variability. In some embodiments, regions are chosen so that at least one region is located in specific mitochondrial genes of interest. A sufficient number of regions are chosen from different locations in the nuclear genome in order to provide a sufficient number of measurements to minimize technical variability. In some embodiments the number of sets of mitochondrial/mitochondrial paralogs and nuclear/nuclear paralogs are each about 2 sets to about 20 sets. In some embodiments, the number of sets of mitochondrial/mitochondrial paralogs and nuclear/nuclear paralogs are each about 2 sets to about 10 sets. In some embodiments, the number of sets is 10 sets. In some embodiments, the number of sets is a least 5 sets. In other embodiments, the number of sets of nuclear/nuclear paralogs is greater than the number of sets of mitochondrial/mitochondrial paralogs. For example, the number of sets of mitochondrial/mitochondrial paralogs and nuclear/nuclear paralogs are each about 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100, 125, 150, 175, 200, 225, 250, 275, 300, 325, 350, 375, 400, 425, 450, 475 or 500 sets, in some embodiments.

In some embodiments, sets of mitochondrial paralogs are described in Table 6.

Amplification

Often sets of mitochondrial polynucleotides and genomic polynucleotides from nucleic acid for a sample are amplified and then analyzed. Sometimes only a portion of a paralog ^(5′)X-V-Y^(3′) is amplified. In some embodiments, the length of an amplicon is about 30 base pairs to about 300 base pairs. An amplicon often includes at least a portion of X and Y regions and includes V. In some embodiments, an amplicon includes regions of a polynucleotide 5′ of X and 3′ of Y. In some embodiments, sets of mitochondrial polynucleotides and sets of nuclear polynucleotides from nucleic acid for a sample and an added internal standard are amplified and then analyzed. Sometimes only a portion of a paralog ^(5′)J-V-K^(3′) is amplified. In some embodiments, the length of an amplicon is about 30 base pairs to about 300 base pairs. An amplicon often includes at least a portion of J and K regions and includes V.

Amplification primers are chosen as described below. In some embodiments, amplifying is by a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) process.

Amplification conditions are known and can be selected for a particular nucleic acid that will be amplified. Amplification conditions include certain reagents some of which can include, without limitation, nucleotides (e.g., nucleotide triphosphates), modified nucleotides, oligonucleotides (e.g., primer oligonucleotides for polymerase-based amplification and oligonucleotide building blocks for ligase-based amplification), one or more salts (e.g., magnesium-containing salt), one or more buffers, one or more polymerizing agents (e.g., ligase enzyme, polymerase enzyme), one or more nicking enzymes (e.g., an enzyme that cleaves one strand of a double-stranded nucleic acid) and one or more nucleases (e.g., exonuclease, endonuclease, RNase). Any polymerase suitable for amplification may be utilized, such as a polymerase with or without exonuclease activity, DNA polymerase and RNA polymerase, mutant forms of these enzymes, for example. Any ligase suitable for joining the 5′ of one oligonucleotide to the 3′ end of another oligonucleotide can be utilized. Amplification conditions also can include certain reaction conditions, such as isothermal or temperature cycle conditions. Methods for cycling temperature in an amplification process are known, such as by using a thermocycle device. The term “cycling” refers to amplification (e.g. an amplification reaction or extension reaction) utilizing a single amplification primer pair or multiple amplification primer pairs where temperature cycling is used. In some embodiments, about 25 PCR amplification cycles to about 45 PCR amplification cycles are performed in. Amplification conditions also can, in some embodiments, include an emulsion agent (e.g., oil) that can be utilized to form multiple reaction compartments within which single nucleic acid molecule species can be amplified. Amplification is sometimes an exponential product generating process and sometimes is a linear product generating process.

Any suitable amplification technique and amplification conditions can be selected for a particular nucleic acid for amplification. Known amplification processes include, without limitation, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), extension and ligation, ligation amplification (or ligase chain reaction (LCR)) and amplification methods based on the use of Q-beta replicase or template-dependent polymerase (see US Patent Publication Number US20050287592). Also useful are strand displacement amplification (SDA), thermophilic SDA, nucleic acid sequence based amplification (3SR or NASBA) and transcription-associated amplification (TAA). Reagents, apparatus and hardware for conducting amplification processes are commercially available, and amplification conditions are known and can be selected for the target nucleic acid at hand.

Amplification Primers

Primers useful for amplification of mitochondrial and genomic polynucleotides are provided. In some embodiments primers are used in sets, where a set contains at least a pair. In some embodiments a plurality of primer sets, each set comprising pair(s) of primers, may be used. The term “primer” as used herein refers to a nucleic acid that comprises a nucleotide sequence capable of hybridizing or annealing to a polynucleotide, at or near (e.g., adjacent to) a specific region of interest. A primer may be naturally occurring or synthetic. The term “specific” or “specificity”, as used herein, refers to the binding or hybridization of one molecule to another molecule, such as a primer for a polynucleotide. That is, “specific” or “specificity” refers to the recognition, contact, and formation of a stable complex between two molecules, as compared to substantially less recognition, contact, or complex formation of either of those two molecules with other molecules. As used herein, the term “anneal” refers to the formation of a stable complex between two molecules. The terms “primer”, “oligo”, or “oligonucleotide” may be used interchangeably throughout the document, when referring to primers.

A primer nucleic acid can be designed and synthesized using suitable processes, and may be of any length suitable for hybridizing to a nucleotide sequence of interest (e.g., where the nucleic acid is in liquid phase or bound to a solid support) and performing analysis processes described herein. Primers may be designed based upon a target nucleotide sequence. A primer in some embodiments may be about 10 to about 100 nucleotides, about 10 to about 70 nucleotides, about 10 to about 50 nucleotides, about 15 to about 30 nucleotides, or about 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95 or 100 nucleotides in length. A primer may be composed of naturally occurring and/or non-naturally occurring nucleotides (e.g., labeled nucleotides), or a mixture thereof. Primers suitable for use with embodiments described herein, may be synthesized and labeled using known techniques. Oligonucleotides (e.g., primers) may be chemically synthesized according to the solid phase phosphoramidite triester method first described by Beaucage and Caruthers, Tetrahedron Letts., 22:1859-1862, 1981, using an automated synthesizer, as described in Needham-VanDevanter et al., Nucleic Acids Res. 12:6159-6168, 1984. Purification of oligonucleotides can be effected by native acrylamide gel electrophoresis or by anion-exchange high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), for example, as described in Pearson and Regnier, J. Chrom., 255:137-149, 1983.

All or a portion of a primer nucleic acid sequence (naturally occurring or synthetic) may be substantially complementary to a target nucleic acid, in some embodiments. As referred to herein, “substantially complementary” with respect to sequences refers to nucleotide sequences that will hybridize with each other. The stringency of the hybridization conditions can be altered to tolerate varying amounts of sequence mismatch. Included are regions of counterpart, target and capture nucleotide sequences 55% or more, 56% or more, 57% or more, 58% or more, 59% or more, 60% or more, 61% or more, 62% or more, 63% or more, 64% or more, 65% or more, 66% or more, 67% or more, 68% or more, 69% or more, 70% or more, 71% or more, 72% or more, 73% or more, 74% or more, 75% or more, 76% or more, 77% or more, 78% or more, 79% or more, 80% or more, 81% or more, 82% or more, 83% or more, 84% or more, 85% or more, 86% or more, 87% or more, 88% or more, 89% or more, 90% or more, 91% or more, 92% or more, 93% or more, 94% or more, 95% or more, 96% or more, 97% or more, 98% or more or 99% or more complementary to each other.

Primers that are substantially complimentary to a target nucleic acid sequence are also substantially identical to the compliment of the target nucleic acid sequence. That is, primers are substantially identical to the anti-sense strand of the nucleic acid. As referred to herein, “substantially identical” with respect to sequences refers to nucleotide sequences that are 55% or more, 56% or more, 57% or more, 58% or more, 59% or more, 60% or more, 61% or more, 62% or more, 63% or more, 64% or more, 65% or more, 66% or more, 67% or more, 68% or more, 69% or more, 70% or more, 71% or more, 72% or more, 73% or more, 74% or more, 75% or more, 76% or more, 77% or more, 78% or more, 79% or more, 80% or more, 81% or more, 82% or more, 83% or more, 84% or more, 85% or more, 86% or more, 87% or more, 88% or more, 89% or more, 90% or more, 91% or more, 92% or more, 93% or more, 94% or more, 95% or more, 96% or more, 97% or more, 98% or more or 99% or more identical to each other. One test for determining whether two nucleotide sequences are substantially identical is to determine the percent of identical nucleotide sequences shared.

Amplification primer sequence, primer length and mismatches with the target nucleic acid are some of the parameters that affect amplification primer annealing to target nucleic acid sequences. By adjusting these parameters and others amplification primers can be designed that minimize annealing and accordingly inhibit elongation.

As used herein, the phrase “hybridizing” or grammatical variations thereof, refers to binding of a first nucleic acid molecule to a second nucleic acid molecule under nucleic acid synthesis conditions. Hybridizing can include instances where a first nucleic acid molecule binds to a second nucleic acid molecule, where the first and second nucleic acid molecules are complementary. As used herein, “specifically hybridizes” refers to preferential hybridization under nucleic acid synthesis conditions of a primer, to a nucleic acid molecule having a sequence complementary to the primer compared to hybridization to a nucleic acid molecule not having a complementary sequence. For example, specific hybridization includes the hybridization of a primer to a target nucleic acid sequence that is complementary to the primer.

A primer, in certain embodiments, may contain a modification such as inosines, abasic sites, locked nucleic acids, minor groove binders, duplex stabilizers (e.g., acridine, spermidine), Tm modifiers or any modifier that changes the binding properties of the primers or probes.

In some embodiments, amplification primers are designed to result in amplicons of about 30 base pairs to about 300 base pairs. In some embodiments, when the sample comprises circulating cell free nucleic acid, amplification primers are designed to result in amplicons greater than about 50 base pairs and less than about 166 pairs. Circulating cell free genomic nucleic acid (DNA) is less degraded (the mean is about 166 bp) than circulating cell free mitochondrial nucleic acid (DNA) (the mean is about 50 bp), Designing primers so amplicons are in the size range of greater than about 50 base pairs to less than about 166 base pairs results in amplification of a large portion of circulating cell free genomic nucleic acid and amplification of a smaller portion of the circulating cell free mitochondrial nucleic acid. This selective amplification can allow for the detection and quantitation of genomic nucleic acid in the same assay as mitochondrial nucleic acid. In some embodiments, the size of the amplicons is greater than about 60 bp and less than about 100 bp. In some embodiments, the size of the amplicons is greater than about 70 bp and less than about 100 bp.

In some embodiments, amplification primers are designed to amplify a paralog ^(5′)X-V-Y^(3′) and the mitochondrial polynucleotide and the genomic polynucleotide of a set are reproducibly amplified relative to each other by a single pair of amplification primers that hybridize to an internal polynucleotide within X and Y. One primer in the pair hybridizes to a polynucleotide within X and the other primer in the pair hybridizes to another polynucleotide within Y. The mitochondrial polynucleotide of a set is co-amplified with the genomic polynucleotide of a set using a single primer pair that binds to regions upstream and downstream of V. In some embodiments, mitochondrial and genomic polynucleotides are amplified under conditions that amplify each species at a “substantially reproducible level”. In certain embodiments, a “substantially reproducible level” varies by about 1% or less. In some embodiments, a substantially reproducible level varies by 10%, 5%, 4%, 3%, 2%, 1.5%, 1%, 0.5%, 0.1%, 0.05%, 0.01%, 0.005% or 0.001%. Unbiased amplification of the mitochondrial and genomic polynucleotides of a set allows for a direct comparison of the amplicons in a single reaction and without the need for an internal standard. In some embodiments, determining the identity and quantity of the nucleotide at V is a good marker for relative copy number quantification.

In some embodiments, amplification primers are designed so the mitochondrial polynucleotide and the genomic polynucleotide of a set are amplified by different species specific pairs of amplification primers. The amplification primers are designed to hybridize to flanking polynucleotides that are 5′ to X and 3′ to Y. The flanking polynucleotides are different at one or more nucleotide positions between mitochondrial and genomic polynucleotides. The regions upstream and downstream of X and Y should have enough differences to allow for design of amplification primer pairs that are specific for mitochondrial polynucleotides or genomic polynucleotides. The mitochondrial polynucleotide amplification primers will not bind the genomic polynucleotide and vice versa. In some embodiments, methods employing amplification primers specific for mitochondrial polynucleotides can be used to reduce the amplification of the abundant mitochondrial polynucleotide relative to the amplification of the less abundant genomic polynucleotide.

In some embodiments, the amplification primer that is specific for the mitochondrial polynucleotide is designed not to hybridize as well to amplification primer binding site (e.g., binding site contains nucleotide mismatches and/or nucleotides that have reduced hydrogen binding) as does the amplification primer that is specific for the genomic polynucleotide in a set. The amplicons corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotide are reduced with respect to the amplicons corresponding to the genomic polynucleotide in each set.

In some embodiments, the amplification primers that specifically hybridize to the mitochondrial polynucleotide are provided at a lower concentration than the concentration of the amplification primers that specifically hybridize to the genomic polynucleotide. The amplicons corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotide are reduced with respect to the amplicons corresponding to the genomic polynucleotide in each set. In some embodiments, the concentration of the amplification primers that specifically hybridize to the mitochondrial polynucleotide is about 2 times to about 30 times lower than the concentration of amplification primers that specifically hybridize to the genomic polynucleotide in a set. The concentration of the amplification primer for the mitochondrial polynucleotide relative to the concentration of the amplification primer for the genomic polynucleotide can be optimized to try to achieve equal signal strength based on the following scheme, for example.

Pool 1 Pool 2 Pool 3 Pool 4 Pool 5 Pool 6 Pool 7 Pool 8 Pool 9 Pool 10 gDNA 100 nM 100 nM 100 nM 100 nM 100 nM 100 nM  100 nM  100 nM   100 nM primers mDNA 100 nM  75 nM  50 nM  35 nM  25 nM 12.5 nM 6.25 nM 3.125 nM 100 nM primers

In some embodiments, the two approaches can be used together.

In some embodiments, amplification primers are designed to amplify a paralog ^(5′)X-V-Y^(3′) in which the mitochondrial polynucleotide and the genomic polynucleotide of such a set are amplified by an amplification primer that hybridizes to a polynucleotide within X and two different amplification primers that hybridize to flanking polynucleotides that are 3′ to Y. The amplification primers that hybridize to X are the same for the mitochondrial and genomic polynucleotide, as X is identical for the mitochondrial and genomic polynucleotide. The amplification primers that hybridize to flanking polynucleotides 3′ to Y are different for the mitochondrial and genomic polynucleotide. In some embodiments, amplification primers are designed to amplify a paralog ^(5′)X-V-Y^(3′) in which the mitochondrial polynucleotide and the genomic polynucleotide of such a set are amplified by an amplification primer that hybridizes to a polynucleotide within Y and two different amplification primers that hybridize to flanking polynucleotides that are 5′ to X. The amplification primers that hybridize to Y are the same for the mitochondrial and genomic polynucleotide, as Y is identical for the mitochondrial and genomic polynucleotide. The amplification primers that hybridize to flanking polynucleotides 5′ to X are different for the mitochondrial and genomic polynucleotide. Having at least one amplification primer for the mitochondrial and genomic polynucleotides that is different allows for an assay to be designed so the amplification of the mitochondrial polynucleotide of a set is reduced relative to the amplification of the genomic polynucleotide of the set. The concentration of the amplification primer specific for the mitochondrial polynucleotide can be made lower than the concentration of the amplification primer specific for the genomic polynucleotide. In some embodiments, the forward amplification primers specifically hybridize to and amplify either mitochondrial or genomic polynucleotides are at different concentrations relative to each other (e.g., 0.1 (mitochondrial) and 1.0 (genomic)) and the reverse amplification primer is universal and hybridizes and amplifies both species of polynucleotides (mitochondrial and genomic) is at the same relative concentration as the genomic specific forward amplification primer (e.g., 1.0). In some embodiments, the reverse amplification primers specifically hybridize to and amplify either mitochondrial or genomic polynucleotides are at different concentrations relative to each other (e.g., 0.1 (mitochondrial) and 1.0 (genomic)) and the forward amplification primer is universal and hybridizes and amplifies both species of polynucleotides (mitochondrial and genomic) is present at the same relative concentration as the genomic specific reverse amplification primer (e.g., 1.0). In some embodiments, the concentration of the amplification primer that specifically hybridizes to the mitochondrial polynucleotide is about 2 times to about 30 times lower than the concentration of the amplification primer that specifically hybridizes to the genomic polynucleotide in a set. Optimization of concentration of amplification primers is as described above. Forward and reverse amplification primers and their relative concentrations can be chosen based on the sequence of the polynucleotides that are to be amplified using known principles of PCR.

Alternatively, a primer binding site for the amplification primer specific for the mitochondrial polynucleotide can be selected so that the amplification primer for the mitochondrial polynucleotide does not hybridize to its primer binding site as well (e.g., binding site contains nucleotide mismatches and/or nucleotides that have reduced hydrogen binding) as the amplification primer specific for the genomic polynucleotide.

In some embodiments, the two approaches can be used together.

In some embodiments, amplification primers are designed so a paralog ^(5′)J-V-K^(3′) of the mitochondrial polynucleotides of a set or a paralog ^(5′)J-V-K^(3′) of the nuclear polynucleotides of a set are reproducibly amplified relative to each other by a single pair of amplification primers that hybridize to an internal polynucleotide within J and K. One primer in the pair hybridizes to a polynucleotide within J and the other primer in the pair hybridizes to another polynucleotide within K. The mitochondrial polynucleotides of a set are co-amplified using a single primer pair that binds to regions upstream and downstream of V. The nuclear polynucleotides of a set are co-amplified using a single primer pair that binds to regions upstream and downstream of V. In some embodiments, mitochondrial polynucleotides of a set are amplified under conditions that amplify each polynucleotide at a “substantially reproducible level”. In some embodiments, nuclear polynucleotides of a set are amplified under conditions that amplify each polynucleotide at a “substantially reproducible level.” In certain embodiments, a “substantially reproducible level” varies by about 1% or less. In some embodiments, a substantially reproducible level varies by 10%, 5%, 4%, 3%, 2%, 1.5%, 1%, 0.5%, 0.1%, 0.05%, 0.01%, 0.005% or 0.001%. Unbiased amplification of the mitochondrial polynucleotides of a set allow for a direct comparison of the amplicons in a single reaction. Unbiased amplification of nuclear polynucleotides of a set allow for a direct comparison of the amplicons in a single reaction. In some embodiments, determining the identity and quantity of the nucleotide at V is a good marker for relative copy number quantification.

Quantitation of Amplicons

In some embodiments, amplicons corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotide of a set and amplicons corresponding to the genomic polynucleotide of a set are quantified. In some embodiments amplicons are quantified by determining the amount of a nucleotide at V in the amplicons corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotide of a set and the amount of the nucleotide at V in the amplicons corresponding to the genomic polynucleotide of a set is determined. Based on the amount of a nucleotide at V in the amplicons corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotide of a set and the amount of the nucleotide at V in the amplicons corresponding to the genomic polynucleotide of a set a ratio of the amount of a mitochondrial polynucleotide relative to the amount of a genomic polynucleotide can be obtained and used to determine the dosage of mitochondrial nucleic acid relative to genomic nucleic acid.

In some embodiments, amplicons corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotides of a set are quantified and amplicons corresponding to the nuclear polynucleotides of a set are quantified. In some embodiments amplicons are quantified by determining the amount of a nucleotide at V in the amplicons corresponding to each of the mitochondrial polynucleotides of a set (e.g., first and second species, human and chimpanzee). In some embodiments amplicons are quantified by determining the amount of a nucleotide at V in the amplicons corresponding to each of the nuclear polynucleotides of a set (e.g., first and second species, human and chimpanzee).

Any suitable technology can be used to detect and/or quantify amplicons. Non-limiting examples of technologies that can be utilized to detect and/or quantify amplicons include primer extension assays, amplification (e.g., digital PCR, quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR)), sequencing (e.g., nanopore sequencing, massive parallel sequencing), mass spectrometry, array hybridization (e.g., microarray hybridization; gene-chip analysis), flow cytometry, gel electrophoresis (e.g., capillary electrophoresis), cytofluorimetric analysis, fluorescence microscopy, confocal laser scanning microscopy, laser scanning cytometry, affinity chromatography, manual batch mode separation, electric field suspension, the like and combinations of the foregoing. Further detail is provided hereafter for certain amplicon detection and/or quantification technologies.

Primer Extension Reactions

In some embodiments, determining the amount of a nucleotide at V in the amplicons corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotide of a set and the amount of the nucleotide at V in the amplicons corresponding to the genomic polynucleotide of a set is by a primer extension reaction process. In some embodiments, determining the amount of a nucleotide at V in the amplicons corresponding to each of the mitochondrial polynucleotides of a set and the amount of the nucleotide at V in the amplicons corresponding to each of the nuclear polynucleotides of a set is by a primer extension reaction process. An extension reaction is conducted under extension conditions, and a variety of such conditions are known and selected for a particular application. Extension conditions can include certain reagents, including without limitation, one or more oligonucleotides, extension nucleotides (e.g., nucleotide triphosphates (dNTPs)), chain terminating reagents or nucleotides (e.g., one or more dideoxynucleotide triphosphates (ddNTPs) or acyclic terminators), one or more salts (e.g., magnesium-containing salt), one or more buffers (e.g., with beta-NAD, Triton X-100), and one or more polymerizing agents (e.g., DNA polymerase, RNA polymerase).

Extension can be conducted under isothermal conditions or under non-isothermal conditions (e.g., thermocycled conditions), in certain embodiments. One or more nucleic acid species can be extended in an extension reaction and one or more molecules of each nucleic acid species can be extended. A nucleic acid can be extended by one or more nucleotides, and in some embodiments, the extension product is about 10 nucleotides to about 10,000 nucleotides in length, about 10 to about 1000 nucleotides in length, about 10 to about 500 nucleotides in length, 10 to about 100 nucleotides in length, and sometimes about 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100, 125, 150, 175, 200, 225, 250, 275, 300, 325, 350, 375, 400, 425, 450, 475, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900 or 1000 nucleotides in length. Incorporation of a terminating nucleotide (e.g., ddNTP), the hybridization location, or other factors, can determine the length to which the oligonucleotide is extended. In certain embodiments, amplification and extension processes are carried out in the same detection procedure.

In some embodiments an extension reaction includes multiple temperature cycles repeated to amplify the amount of extension product in the reaction. In some embodiments the extension reaction is cycled 2 or more times. In some embodiments the extension reaction is cycled 10 or more times. In some embodiments the extension reaction is cycled about 10, 15, 20, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500 or 600 or more times. In some embodiments the extension reaction is cycled 20 to 50 times. In some embodiments the extension reaction is cycled 20 to 100 times. In some embodiments the extension reaction is cycled 20 to 300 times. In some embodiments the extension reaction is cycled 200 to 300 times. In certain embodiments, the extension reaction is cycled at least 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95 or 100 times.

Primer extension processes include methods such as iPLEX™ or homogeneous MassExtend® (hME) (see, for example, U.S. Published Patent Application No. 2013/0237428 A1, U.S. Pat. No. 8,349,566, and U.S. Pat. No. 8,003,317, the contents of which are incorporated in their entirety by reference herein), in which a mixture of minor nucleic acid species (e.g., mutant alleles) and major nucleic acid species (e.g., wild type alleles) are subjected to a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification using a set of amplification primers, a polymerase and deoxynucleotides (dNTPs), thereby generating amplicons of the wild type and mutant species. After treatment with shrimp alkaline phosphatase (SAP) to dephosphorylate unincorporated dNTPs, the amplicon mixture is extended using extension primers (unextended primers or UEPs), a polymerase and a termination mix that includes chain terminating reagents (e.g., dideoxunucleotides or ddNTPs). The UEPs hybridize to the amplicons and are extended either up to the site of variance between the mutant and wild type species (i.e., extension stops at the mutation site where there is a difference in bases between the mutant and wild type species to generate single base extension products or SBEs, as in iPLEX™) or a few bases (e.g., 2-3 bases) past the site of variance (as in, for example, the hME method). The resulting extension products can then be processed (e.g., by desalting prior to mass spectrometry) and analyzed for the presence of the mutant alleles based on a difference in detection signal (e.g., mass) relative to the wild type allele.

The above-described iPLEX™ and homogeneous MassExtend® (hME) methods use an equimolar mixture of ddNTPs in the extension step for generating extension products corresponding to wild type and mutant species. Thus, in the iPLEX™ and homogeneous MassExtend® (hME) methods, all other factors being equal with the exception of the major nucleic acid species being present in a large excess relative to the minor nucleic acid species, the majority of the UEPs hybridize to the major nucleic acid species and are extended using the chain terminating reagent specific for the major nucleic acid species. Relatively few molecules of UEP are available for hybridization and extension of the minor nucleic acid species. This compromises the magnitude of the detection signal corresponding to the minor nucleic acid species, which is overshadowed by the predominant detection signal from the major nucleic acid species and may be subsumed by background noise.

In certain embodiments, the extension step uses a limiting concentration of chain terminating reagent specific for the mitochondrial polynucleotide, relative to the chain terminating reagent specific for the genomic polynucleotide. Amplicons are contacted with extension primers under extension conditions with chain terminating reagents. The chain terminating reagent that is specific for the amplicons corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotide is not specific for the amplicons corresponding to genomic polynucleotide and the chain terminating reagent specific for the amplicons corresponding to the genomic polynucleotide is not specific for the amplicons corresponding to mitochondrial polynucleotide. The extension primers are extended up to V, thereby generating chain terminated extension products corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotide or the genomic polynucleotide. The concentration of the chain terminating reagent specific for the mitochondrial polynucleotide is less than the concentration of the chain terminating reagent specific for the genomic polynucleotide.

In some embodiments, the ratio of the amount of extension product corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotides relative to the amount of extension product corresponding to the genomic polynucleotide is determined and the amount of mitochondrial nucleic acid relative to the amount of genomic nucleic acid in the sample is determined based on the ratio and based on the concentration of the chain terminating reagent specific for the mitochondrial polynucleotide relative to the concentration of the chain terminating reagent specific for genomic polynucleotide.

In certain embodiments, the concentration of the chain terminating reagent specific for a mitochondrial polynucleotide is between about 1% to about 20% of the concentration of the chain terminating reagent specific for a genomic polynucleotide. The concentration of the chain terminating reagent specific for a mitochondrial polynucleotide generally being between about 0.5% to less than about 20% of the concentration of the chain terminating reagent specific for a genomic polynucleotide, about 0.5% to less than about 15%, about 1% to about 15%, about 1% to about 10%, about 2% to about 10% or about 1%, 1.5%, 2%, 2.5%, 3%, 3.5%, 4%, 4.5%, 5%, 5.5%, 6%, 6.5%, 7%, 7.5%, 8%, 8.5%, 9%, 9.5% or 10% of the concentration of the chain terminating reagent specific for a genomic polynucleotide.

In certain embodiments, the extension step uses an equimolar concentration of chain terminating reagents specific for each of the mitochondrial polynucleotides of a set or an equimolar concentration of chain terminating reagents specific for each of the nuclear polynucleotides of a set. Amplicons are contacted with extension primers under extension conditions with chain terminating reagents. The chain terminating reagent that is specific for the amplicons corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotide of the first species is not specific for the amplicons corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotide of the second species; and the chain terminating reagent specific for the amplicons corresponding to the nuclear polynucleotide of the first species is not specific for the amplicons corresponding to the nuclear polynucleotide of the second species. The primers are extended up to V, thereby generating chain terminated extension products corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotide of the first species, the mitochondrial polynucleotide of the second species, the nuclear polynucleotide of the first species and the nuclear polynucleotide of the second species.

In some embodiments, a ratio of the amount of extension product corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotide of the second species to the amount of extension product corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotide of the first species is determined.

In some embodiments, a ratio of the amount of extension product corresponding to the nuclear polynucleotide of the second species to the amount of extension product corresponding to the nuclear polynucleotide of the first species and the amount of mitochondrial nucleic acid relative to the amount of nuclear nucleic acid in the sample is determined based on the ratios.

The term “up to” as used herein includes nucleotide position V.

In some embodiments, the chain terminating reagents are chain terminating nucleotides. In some embodiments, the chain terminating nucleotides independently are selected from among ddATP, ddGTP, ddCTP, ddTTP and ddUTP. In some embodiments, the chain terminating reagents comprise one or more acyclic terminators. In some embodiments, one or more of the chain terminating reagents comprises a detectable label. In some embodiments, the label is a fluorescent label or dye. In some embodiments, the label is a mass label and detection is by mass spectrometry.

Any suitable extension reaction can be selected and utilized. An extension reaction can be utilized, for example, to discriminate the nucleotide of a mitochondrial polynucleotide from the nucleotide of a genomic polynucleotide at V, to discriminate the nucleotide of a mitochondrial polynucleotide of a first species from the nucleotide of a mitochondrial polynucleotide of a second species at V or to discriminate the nucleotide of a nuclear polynucleotide of a first species from the nucleotide of a nuclear polynucleotide of a second species at V by the incorporation of deoxynucleotides and/or dideoxynucleotides to an extension oligonucleotide that hybridizes to a region adjacent to V in the amplicon. The primer often is extended with a polymerase. In some embodiments, the oligonucleotide is extended by only one deoxynucleotide or dideoxynucleotide complementary to the V site. In some embodiments, an oligonucleotide may be extended by dNTP incorporation and terminated by a ddNTP, or terminated by ddNTP incorporation without dNTP extension in certain embodiments. Extension may be carried out using unmodified extension oligonucleotides and unmodified dideoxynucleotides, unmodified extension oligonucleotides and biotinylated dideoxynucleotides, extension oligonucleotides containing a deoxyinosine and unmodified dideoxynucleotides, extension oligonucleotides containing a deoxyinosine and biotinylated dideoxynucleotides, extension by biotinylated dideoxynucleotides, or extension by biotinylated deoxynucleotide and/or unmodified dideoxynucleotides, in some embodiments.

The extension products corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotide and the genomic polynucleotide of a set, the mitochondrial polynucleotide of a first species and the mitochondrial polynucleotide of a second species of a set or the nuclear polynucleotide of a first species and the nuclear polynucleotide of a second species of a set that are obtained by the methods provided herein can be detected by a variety of methods. For example, the extension primers (UEPs) and/or the chain terminating reagents may be labeled with any type of chemical group or moiety that allows for detection of a signal and/or quantification of the signal including, but not limited to, mass labels, radioactive molecules, fluorescent molecules, antibodies, antibody fragments, haptens, carbohydrates, biotin, derivatives of biotin, phosphorescent moieties, luminescent moieties, electrochemiluminescent moieties, moieties that generate an electrochemical signal upon oxidation or reduction, e.g., complexes of iron, ruthenium or osmium (see, for example, eSensor technology used by Genmark Diagnostics, Inc. e.g., as described in Pierce et al., J. Clin. Micribiol., 50(11):3458-3465 (2012)), chromatic moieties, and moieties having a detectable electron spin resonance, electrical capacitance, dielectric constant or electrical conductivity, or any combination of labels thereof.

The labeled extension products corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotide and the genomic polynucleotide of a set, the mitochondrial polynucleotide of a first species and the mitochondrial polynucleotide of a second species of a set or the nuclear polynucleotide of a first species and the nuclear polynucleotide of a second species of a set can be analyzed by a variety of methods including, but not limited to, mass spectrometry, MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry, fluorescence detection, DNA sequencing gel, capillary electrophoresis on an automated DNA sequencing machine, microchannel electrophoresis, and other methods of sequencing, mass spectrometry, time of flight mass spectrometry, quadrupole mass spectrometry, magnetic sector mass spectrometry, electric sector mass spectrometry infrared spectrometry, ultraviolet spectrometry, palentiostatic amperometry, measurement of current/electrochemical signal or by DNA hybridization techniques including Southern Blots, Slot Blots, Dot Blots, and DNA microarrays, wherein DNA fragments would be useful as both “probes” and “targets,” ELISA, fluorimetry, Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET), SNP-IT, GeneChips, HuSNP, BeadArray, TaqMan assay, Invader assay, MassExtend®, or MassCleave® method.

In some embodiments, a chain terminating reagent or chain terminating nucleotide includes one detectable label. In some embodiments, a first chain terminating reagent or chain terminating nucleotide includes a detectable label that is different from the detectable label of a second chain terminating reagent or chain terminating nucleotide. In some embodiments, an extension composition includes one or more chain terminating reagents or chain terminating nucleotides where each chain terminating reagent or chain terminating nucleotide includes a different detectable label. In some embodiments, an extension composition includes one or more chain terminating reagents or chain terminating nucleotides where each contains the same detection label. In some embodiments, an extension composition includes a chain terminating reagent or chain terminating nucleotide and an extension nucleotide (e.g., dNTP) and one or more of the nucleotides (e.g. terminating nucleotides and/or extension nucleotides) includes a detection label. In some embodiments, the relative amount (frequency or copy number, e.g.) of a mitochondrial polynucleotide to that of a genomic polynucleotide can be determined by the proportions of their detection signals relative to the ratio of the concentration of the chain terminating reagents specific for the mitochondrial polynucleotide to the concentration of the chain terminating reagents specific for genomic polynucleotide, using a normalization coefficient. In some embodiments the amount (e.g. copy number, concentration, percentage) of mitochondrial polynucleotide is quantified by normalizing the ratio of the signal for the genomic polynucleotide to the signal for the mitochondrial polynucleotide, using a coefficient. This coefficient is inversely proportional to the fraction of concentration of the chain terminating reagent or nucleotide specific for the mitochondrial polynucleotide compared to the concentration of the chain terminating reagent or nucleotide specific for genomic polynucleotide (i.e., the lower the fraction of mitochondrial polynucleotide-specific chain terminating reagent relative to the chain terminating reagent specific for the genomic polynucleotide, the larger the coefficient).

In some embodiments, a normalization coefficient is not required as the ratio for a sample is either compared to a population or to samples obtained from the same subject over a period of time.

Mass Spectrometry

Mass spectrometry methods typically are used to determine the mass of a molecule. In some embodiments, mass spectrometry is used to detect and/or quantify the primer extension product based on its unique mass. The relative signal strength, e.g., mass peak on a spectra, for the nucleic acid nucleic acid can indicate the relative population of the species amongst other nucleic acids in the sample (see e.g., Jurinke et al. (2004) Mol. Biotechnol. 26, 147-164).

Mass spectrometry generally works by ionizing chemical compounds to generate charged molecules or molecule fragments and measuring their mass-to-charge ratios. A typical mass spectrometry procedure involves several steps, including (1) loading a sample onto a mass spectrometry instrument followed by vaporization, (2) ionization of the sample components by any one of a variety of methods (e.g., impacting with an electron beam), resulting in charged particles (ions), (3) separation of ions according to their mass-to-charge ratio in an analyzer by electromagnetic fields, (4) detection of ions (e.g., by a quantitative method), and (5) processing of ion signals into mass spectra.

Mass spectrometry methods are known, and include without limitation quadrupole mass spectrometry, ion trap mass spectrometry, time-of-flight mass spectrometry, gas chromatography mass spectrometry and tandem mass spectrometry can be used with a method described herein. Processes associated with mass spectrometry are generation of gas-phase ions derived from the sample, and measurement of ions. Movement of gas-phase ions can be precisely controlled using electromagnetic fields generated in the mass spectrometer, and movement of ions in these electromagnetic fields is proportional to the mass to charge ratio (m/z) of each ion, which forms the basis of measuring m/z and mass. Movement of ions in these electromagnetic fields allows for containment and focusing of the ions which accounts for high sensitivity of mass spectrometry. During the course of m/z measurement, ions are transmitted with high efficiency to particle detectors that record the arrival of these ions. The quantity of ions at each m/z is demonstrated by peaks on a graph where the x axis is m/z and the y axis is relative abundance. Different mass spectrometers have different levels of resolution (i.e., the ability to resolve peaks between ions closely related in mass). Resolution generally is defined as R=m/delta m, where m is the ion mass and delta m is the difference in mass between two peaks in a mass spectrum. For example, a mass spectrometer with a resolution of 1000 can resolve an ion with a m/z of 100.0 from an ion with a m/z of 100.1.

Certain mass spectrometry methods can utilize various combinations of ion sources and mass analyzers which allows for flexibility in designing customized detection protocols. In some embodiments, mass spectrometers can be programmed to transmit all ions from the ion source into the mass spectrometer either sequentially or at the same time. In some embodiments, a mass spectrometer can be programmed to select ions of a particular mass for transmission into the mass spectrometer while blocking other ions.

Several types of mass spectrometers are available or can be produced with various configurations. In general, a mass spectrometer has the following major components: a sample inlet, an ion source, a mass analyzer, a detector, a vacuum system, and instrument-control system, and a data system. Difference in the sample inlet, ion source, and mass analyzer generally define the type of instrument and its capabilities. For example, an inlet can be a capillary-column liquid chromatography source or can be a direct probe or stage such as used in matrix-assisted laser desorption. Common ion sources are, for example, electrospray, including nanospray and microspray or matrix-assisted laser desorption. Mass analyzers include, for example, a quadrupole mass filter, ion trap mass analyzer and time-of-flight mass analyzer.

An ion formation process generally is a starting point for mass spectrum analysis. Several ionization methods are available and the choice of ionization method depends on the sample used for analysis. For example, for the analysis of polypeptides a relatively gentle ionization procedure such as electrospray ionization (ESI) can be desirable. For ESI, a solution containing the sample is passed through a fine needle at high potential which creates a strong electrical field resulting in a fine spray of highly charged droplets that is directed into the mass spectrometer. Other ionization procedures include, for example, fast-atom bombardment (FAB) which uses a high-energy beam of neutral atoms to strike a solid sample causing desorption and ionization. Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) is a method in which a laser pulse is used to strike a sample that has been crystallized in an UV-absorbing compound matrix (e.g., 2,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid, alpha-cyano-4-hydroxycinammic acid, 3-hydroxypicolinic acid (3-HPA), di-ammoniumcitrate (DAC) and combinations thereof). Other ionization procedures known in the art include, for example, plasma and glow discharge, plasma desorption ionization, resonance ionization, and secondary ionization.

A variety of mass analyzers are available that can be paired with different ion sources. Different mass analyzers have different advantages as known in the art and as described herein. The mass spectrometer and methods chosen for detection depends on the particular assay, for example, a more sensitive mass analyzer can be used when a small amount of ions are generated for detection. Several types of mass analyzers and mass spectrometry methods are described below.

Ion mobility mass (IM) spectrometry is a gas-phase separation method. IM separates gas-phase ions based on their collision cross-section and can be coupled with time-of-flight (TOF) mass spectrometry. IM-MS methods are known in the art.

Quadrupole mass spectrometry utilizes a quadrupole mass filter or analyzer. This type of mass analyzer is composed of four rods arranged as two sets of two electrically connected rods. A combination of rf and dc voltages are applied to each pair of rods which produces fields that cause an oscillating movement of the ions as they move from the beginning of the mass filter to the end. The result of these fields is the production of a high-pass mass filter in one pair of rods and a low-pass filter in the other pair of rods. Overlap between the high-pass and low-pass filter leaves a defined m/z that can pass both filters and traverse the length of the quadrupole. This m/z is selected and remains stable in the quadrupole mass filter while all other m/z have unstable trajectories and do not remain in the mass filter. A mass spectrum results by ramping the applied fields such that an increasing m/z is selected to pass through the mass filter and reach the detector. In addition, quadrupoles can also be set up to contain and transmit ions of all m/z by applying a rf-only field. This allows quadrupoles to function as a lens or focusing system in regions of the mass spectrometer where ion transmission is needed without mass filtering.

A quadrupole mass analyzer, as well as the other mass analyzers described herein, can be programmed to analyze a defined m/z or mass range. Since the desired mass range of nucleic acid fragment is known, in some instances, a mass spectrometer can be programmed to transmit ions of the projected correct mass range while excluding ions of a higher or lower mass range. The ability to select a mass range can decrease the background noise in the assay and thus increase the signal-to-noise ratio. Thus, in some instances, a mass spectrometer can accomplish a separation step as well as detection and identification of certain mass-distinguishable nucleic acid fragments.

Ion trap mass spectrometry utilizes an ion trap mass analyzer. Typically, fields are applied such that ions of all m/z are initially trapped and oscillate in the mass analyzer. Ions enter the ion trap from the ion source through a focusing device such as an octapole lens system. Ion trapping takes place in the trapping region before excitation and ejection through an electrode to the detector. Mass analysis can be accomplished by sequentially applying voltages that increase the amplitude of the oscillations in a way that ejects ions of increasing m/z out of the trap and into the detector. In contrast to quadrupole mass spectrometry, all ions are retained in the fields of the mass analyzer except those with the selected m/z. Control of the number of ions can be accomplished by varying the time over which ions are injected into the trap.

Time-of-flight mass spectrometry utilizes a time-of-flight mass analyzer. Typically, an ion is first given a fixed amount of kinetic energy by acceleration in an electric field (generated by high voltage). Following acceleration, the ion enters a field-free or “drift” region where it travels at a velocity that is inversely proportional to its m/z. Therefore, ions with low m/z travel more rapidly than ions with high m/z. The time required for ions to travel the length of the field-free region is measured and used to calculate the m/z of the ion.

Gas chromatography mass spectrometry often can a target in real-time. The gas chromatography (GC) portion of the system separates the chemical mixture into pulses of analyte and the mass spectrometer (MS) identifies and quantifies the analyte.

Tandem mass spectrometry can utilize combinations of the mass analyzers described above. Tandem mass spectrometers can use a first mass analyzer to separate ions according to their m/z in order to isolate an ion of interest for further analysis. The isolated ion of interest is then broken into fragment ions (called collisionally activated dissociation or collisionally induced dissociation) and the fragment ions are analyzed by the second mass analyzer. These types of tandem mass spectrometer systems are called tandem in space systems because the two mass analyzers are separated in space, usually by a collision cell. Tandem mass spectrometer systems also include tandem in time systems where one mass analyzer is used, however the mass analyzer is used sequentially to isolate an ion, induce fragmentation, and then perform mass analysis.

Mass spectrometers in the tandem in space category have more than one mass analyzer. For example, a tandem quadrupole mass spectrometer system can have a first quadrupole mass filter, followed by a collision cell, followed by a second quadrupole mass filter and then the detector. Another arrangement is to use a quadrupole mass filter for the first mass analyzer and a time-of-flight mass analyzer for the second mass analyzer with a collision cell separating the two mass analyzers. Other tandem systems are known in the art including reflectron-time-of-flight, tandem sector and sector-quadrupole mass spectrometry.

Mass spectrometers in the tandem in time category have one mass analyzer that performs different functions at different times. For example, an ion trap mass spectrometer can be used to trap ions of all m/z. A series of rf scan functions are applied which ejects ions of all m/z from the trap except the m/z of ions of interest. After the m/z of interest has been isolated, an rf pulse is applied to produce collisions with gas molecules in the trap to induce fragmentation of the ions. Then the m/z values of the fragmented ions are measured by the mass analyzer. Ion cyclotron resonance instruments, also known as Fourier transform mass spectrometers, are an example of tandem-in-time systems.

Several types of tandem mass spectrometry experiments can be performed by controlling the ions that are selected in each stage of the experiment. The different types of experiments utilize different modes of operation, sometimes called “scans,” of the mass analyzers. In a first example, called a mass spectrum scan, the first mass analyzer and the collision cell transmit all ions for mass analysis into the second mass analyzer. In a second example, called a product ion scan, the ions of interest are mass-selected in the first mass analyzer and then fragmented in the collision cell. The ions formed are then mass analyzed by scanning the second mass analyzer. In a third example, called a precursor ion scan, the first mass analyzer is scanned to sequentially transmit the mass analyzed ions into the collision cell for fragmentation. The second mass analyzer mass-selects the product ion of interest for transmission to the detector. Therefore, the detector signal is the result of all precursor ions that can be fragmented into a common product ion. Other experimental formats include neutral loss scans where a constant mass difference is accounted for in the mass scans.

For quantification, controls may be used which can provide a signal in relation to the amount of the nucleic acid fragment, for example, that is present or is introduced. A control to allow conversion of relative mass signals into absolute quantities can be accomplished by addition of a known quantity of a mass tag or mass label to each sample before detection of the nucleic acid fragments. Any mass tag that does not interfere with detection of the fragments can be used for normalizing the mass signal. Such standards typically have separation properties that are different from those of any of the molecular tags in the sample, and could have the same or different mass signatures.

A separation step sometimes can be used to remove salts, enzymes, or other buffer components from the nucleic acid sample. Several methods well known in the art, such as chromatography, gel electrophoresis, or precipitation, can be used to clean up the sample. For example, size exclusion chromatography or affinity chromatography can be used to remove salt from a sample. The choice of separation method can depend on the amount of a sample. For example, when small amounts of sample are available or a miniaturized apparatus is used, a micro-affinity chromatography separation step can be used. In addition, whether a separation step is desired, and the choice of separation method, can depend on the detection method used. Salts sometimes can absorb energy from the laser in matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization and result in lower ionization efficiency. Thus, the efficiency of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization and electrospray ionization sometimes can be improved by removing salts from a sample.

Nanopores

In some embodiments, amplicons of mitochondrial and genomic (nuclear) polynucleotides are detected and/or quantified using a nanopore process. In some embodiments, determining the amount of a nucleotide at V in the amplicons corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotide of a set and the amount of the nucleotide at V in the amplicons corresponding to the genomic polynucleotide of a set is by using a nanopore process. In some embodiments, determining the amount of a nucleotide at V in the amplicons corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotide of the first species and the second species of a set and determining the amount of a nucleotide at V in the amplicons corresponding to the nuclear polynucleotide of the first species and the second species of a set is by a nanopore process.

A nanopore can be used to obtain nucleotide sequencing information for the amplicons. In some embodiments, amplicons are detected and/or quantified using a nanopore without obtaining nucleotide sequences. A nanopore is a small hole or channel, typically of the order of 1 nanometer in diameter. Certain transmembrane cellular proteins can act as nanopores (e.g., alpha-hemolysin). Nanopores can be synthesized (e.g., using a silicon platform). Immersion of a nanopore in a conducting fluid and application of a potential across it results in a slight electrical current due to conduction of ions through the nanopore. The amount of current which flows is sensitive to the size of the nanopore. As a nucleic acid fragment passes through a nanopore, the nucleic acid molecule obstructs the nanopore to a certain degree and generates a change to the current. In some embodiments, the duration of current change as the nucleic acid fragment passes through the nanopore can be measured.

In some embodiments, nanopore technology can be used in a method described herein for obtaining nucleotide sequence information for nucleic acid fragments. Nanopore sequencing is a single-molecule sequencing technology whereby a single nucleic acid molecule (e.g. DNA) is sequenced directly as it passes through a nanopore. As described above, immersion of a nanopore in a conducting fluid and application of a potential across it results in a slight electrical current due to conduction of ions through the nanopore. The amount of current which flows is sensitive to the size of the nanopore. As a DNA molecule passes through a nanopore, each nucleotide on the DNA molecule obstructs the nanopore to a different degree and generates characteristic changes to the current. The amount of current which can pass through the nanopore at any given moment therefore varies depending on whether the nanopore is blocked by an A, a C, a G, a T, or sometimes methyl-C. The change in the current through the nanopore as the DNA molecule passes through the nanopore represents a direct reading of the DNA sequence. In some embodiments, a nanopore can be used to identify individual DNA bases as they pass through the nanopore in the correct order (e.g., International Patent Application No. WO2010/004265).

There are a number of ways that nanopores can be used to sequence nucleic acid molecules. In some embodiments, an exonuclease enzyme, such as a deoxyribonuclease, is used. In this case, the exonuclease enzyme is used to sequentially detach nucleotides from a nucleic acid (e.g. DNA) molecule. The nucleotides are then detected and discriminated by the nanopore in order of their release, thus reading the sequence of the original strand. For such an embodiment, the exonuclease enzyme can be attached to the nanopore such that a proportion of the nucleotides released from the DNA molecule is capable of entering and interacting with the channel of the nanopore. The exonuclease can be attached to the nanopore structure at a site in close proximity to the part of the nanopore that forms the opening of the channel. In some embodiments, the exonuclease enzyme can be attached to the nanopore structure such that its nucleotide exit trajectory site is orientated towards the part of the nanopore that forms part of the opening.

In some embodiments, nanopore sequencing of nucleic acids involves the use of an enzyme that pushes or pulls the nucleic acid (e.g. DNA) molecule through the pore. In this case, the ionic current fluctuates as a nucleotide in the DNA molecule passes through the pore. The fluctuations in the current are indicative of the DNA sequence. For such an embodiment, the enzyme can be attached to the nanopore structure such that it is capable of pushing or pulling the target nucleic acid through the channel of a nanopore without interfering with the flow of ionic current through the pore. The enzyme can be attached to the nanopore structure at a site in close proximity to the part of the structure that forms part of the opening. The enzyme can be attached to the subunit, for example, such that its active site is orientated towards the part of the structure that forms part of the opening.

In some embodiments, nanopore sequencing of nucleic acids involves detection of polymerase bi-products in close proximity to a nanopore detector. In this case, nucleoside phosphates (nucleotides) are labeled so that a phosphate labeled species is released upon the addition of a polymerase to the nucleotide strand and the phosphate labeled species is detected by the pore. Typically, the phosphate species contains a specific label for each nucleotide. As nucleotides are sequentially added to the nucleic acid strand, the bi-products of the base addition are detected. The order that the phosphate labeled species are detected can be used to determine the sequence of the nucleic acid strand.

Probes

In some embodiments, amplicons are detected and/or quantified using one or more probes. In some embodiments, quantification comprises quantifying target nucleic acid (mitochondrial amplicon and/or genomic amplicon, mitochondrial amplicon of a first species, mitochondrial amplicon of a second species, nuclear amplicon of a first species, nuclear amplicon of a second species) specifically hybridized to the probe. In some embodiments, quantification comprises quantifying the probe in the hybridization product. In some embodiments, quantification comprises quantifying target nucleic acid specifically hybridized to the probe and quantifying the probe in the hybridization product. In some embodiments, quantification comprises quantifying the probe after dissociating from the hybridization product. Quantification of hybridization product, probe and/or nucleic acid target can comprise use of, for example, mass spectrometry, MASSARRAY and/or MASSEXTEND technology, as described herein.

In some embodiments, probes are designed such that they each hybridize to a nucleic acid of interest in a sample. For example, a probe may comprise a polynucleotide sequence that is complementary to a nucleic acid of interest or may comprise a series of monomers that can bind to a nucleic acid of interest. Probes may be any length suitable to hybridize (e.g., completely hybridize) to one or more nucleic acid fragments of interest. For example, probes may be of any length which spans or extends beyond the length of a nucleic acid fragment to which it hybridizes. Probes may be about 10 bp or more in length. For example, probes may be at least about 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900 or 1000 bp in length. In some embodiments, a detection and/or quantification method is used to detect and/or quantify probe-nucleic acid fragment duplexes.

Probes may be designed and synthesized according to methods known in the art and described herein for oligonucleotides (e.g., capture oligonucleotides). Probes also may include any of the properties known in the art and described herein for oligonucleotides. Probes herein may be designed such that they comprise nucleotides (e.g., adenine (A), thymine (T), cytosine (C), guanine (G) and uracil (U)), modified nucleotides (e.g., mass-modified nucleotides, pseudouridine, dihydrouridine, inosine (I), and 7-methylguanosine), synthetic nucleotides, degenerate bases (e.g., 6H,8H-3,4-dihydropyrimido[4,5-c][1,2]oxazin-7-one (P), 2-amino-6-methoxyaminopurine (K), N6-methoxyadenine (Z), and hypoxanthine (I)), universal bases and/or monomers other than nucleotides, modified nucleotides or synthetic nucleotides, mass tags or combinations thereof.

In some embodiments, probes are dissociated (i.e., separated) from their corresponding nucleic acid fragments. Probes may be separated from their corresponding nucleic acid fragments using any method known in the art, including, but not limited to, heat denaturation. Probes can be distinguished from corresponding nucleic acid fragments by a method known in the art or described herein for labeling and/or isolating a species of molecule in a mixture. For example, a probe and/or nucleic acid fragment may comprise a detectable property such that a probe is distinguishable from the nucleic acid to which it hybridizes. Non-limiting examples of detectable properties include mass properties, optical properties, electrical properties, magnetic properties, chemical properties, and time and/or speed through an opening of known size. In some embodiments, probes and sample nucleic acid fragments are physically separated from each other. Separation can be accomplished, for example, using capture ligands, such as biotin or other affinity ligands, and capture agents, such as avidin, streptavidin, an antibody, or a receptor. A probe or nucleic acid fragment can contain a capture ligand having specific binding activity for a capture agent. For example, fragments from a nucleic acid sample can be biotinylated or attached to an affinity ligand using methods well known in the art and separated away from the probes using a pull-down assay with steptavidin-coated beads, for example. In some embodiments, a capture ligand and capture agent or any other moiety (e.g., mass tag) can be used to add mass to the nucleic acid fragments such that they can be excluded from the mass range of the probes detected in a mass spectrometer. In some embodiments, mass is added to the probes, addition of a mass tag for example, to shift the mass range away from the mass range for the nucleic acid fragments. In some embodiments, a detection and/or quantification method is used to detect and/or quantify dissociated nucleic acid fragments. In some embodiments, detection and/or quantification method is used to detect and/or quantify dissociated probes.

Quantitative PCR

In certain embodiments quantitation of amplicons is by quantitative PCR (qPCR). In some embodiments, determining the amount of a nucleotide at V in the amplicons corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotide of a set and the amount of the nucleotide at V in the amplicons corresponding to the genomic polynucleotide of a set is by a process that comprises qPCR using the TAQman biochemistry with two fluorescent probes each specific for either the mitochondrial or genomic nucleotide at V.

In some embodiments, determining the amount of a nucleotide at V in the amplicons corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotide of the first species and the second species of a set is by a qPCR process comprising two fluorescent probes specific for the nucleotide at V of the mitochondrial polynucleotide of either the first or second species or a digital PCR process. In some embodiments, determining the amount of a nucleotide at V in the amplicons corresponding to the nuclear polynucleotide of the first species and the second species of a set is by a qPCR process comprising two fluorescent probes specific for the nucleotide at V of the nuclear polynucleotide of either the first or second species or a digital PCR process. In certain embodiments, the qPCR uses TAQman biochemistry.

Digital PCR

In some embodiments, amplicons are detected and/or quantified using digital PCR technology. Digital polymerase chain reaction (digital PCR or dPCR) can be used, for example, to directly identify and quantify nucleic acids in a sample. Digital PCR can be performed in an emulsion, in some embodiments. For example, individual nucleic acids are separated, e.g., in a microfluidic chamber device, and each nucleic acid is individually amplified by PCR. Nucleic acids can be separated such that there is no more than one nucleic acid per well. In some embodiments, different probes can be used to distinguish amplicons corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotide of a set and amplicons corresponding to the genomic polynucleotide of a set. In certain embodiments, different probes can be used to distinguish amplicons corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotide of the first species and the mitochondrial polynucleotide of the second species of a set or the nuclear polynucleotide of the first species and the nuclear polynucleotide of the second species of a set.

Nucleic Acid Sequencing

In certain embodiments quantitation of amplicons is by sequencing amplicons of mitochondrial and genomic (nuclear) polynucleotides. In some embodiments, the sequencing process is massive parallel sequencing. In some embodiments, the amount of a nucleotide at V in the amplicons corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotide of a set and the amount of the nucleotide at V in the amplicons corresponding to the genomic polynucleotide of a set is determined by the amount of the nucleotide at V is by a massive parallel sequencing process. In some embodiments, the amount of a nucleotide at V in the amplicons corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotide of the first species and the second species of a set and/or the amount of a nucleotide at V in the amplicons corresponding to the nuclear polynucleotide of the first species and the second species of a set is determined by a massive parallel sequencing process. Sometimes the sequencing is by a sequencing by synthesis process. In some embodiments, a sequence tag or barcode is attached to one or more amplification primers in each amplification primer pair. The term “sequence tagging” refers to incorporating a recognizable and distinct sequence into a nucleic acid or population of nucleic acids.

In some embodiments, a full or substantially full sequence is obtained and sometimes a partial sequence is obtained. Sequencing, mapping and related analytical methods are known in the art (e.g., United States Patent Application Publication US2009/0029377, incorporated by reference). Certain aspects of such processes are described hereafter.

Certain sequencing technologies generate nucleotide sequence reads. As used herein, “reads” (i.e., “a read”, “a sequence read”) are short nucleotide sequences produced by any sequencing process described herein or known in the art. Reads can be generated from one end of nucleic acid fragments (“single-end reads”), and sometimes are generated from both ends of nucleic acids (e.g., paired-end reads, double-end reads).

In some embodiments the nominal, average, mean or absolute length of single-end reads sometimes is about 20 contiguous nucleotides to about 50 contiguous nucleotides, sometimes about 30 contiguous nucleotides to about 40 contiguous nucleotides, and sometimes about 35 contiguous nucleotides or about 36 contiguous nucleotides. In some embodiments, the nominal, average, mean or absolute length of single-end reads is about 20 to about 30 bases in length. In some embodiments, the nominal, average, mean or absolute length of single-end reads is about 24 to about 28 bases in length. In some embodiments, the nominal, average, mean or absolute length of single-end reads is about 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 or about 29 bases in length.

In certain embodiments, the nominal, average, mean or absolute length of the paired-end reads sometimes is about 10 contiguous nucleotides to about 50 contiguous nucleotides (e.g., about 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48 or 49 nucleotides in length), sometimes is about 15 contiguous nucleotides to about 25 contiguous nucleotides, and sometimes is about 17 contiguous nucleotides, about 18 contiguous nucleotides, about 20 contiguous nucleotides, about 25 contiguous nucleotides, about 36 contiguous nucleotides or about 45 contiguous nucleotides.

Reads generally are representations of nucleotide sequences in a physical nucleic acid. For example, in a read containing an ATGC depiction of a sequence, “A” represents an adenine nucleotide, “T” represents a thymine nucleotide, “G” represents a guanine nucleotide and “C” represents a cytosine nucleotide, in a physical nucleic acid. Sequence reads obtained from the blood of a pregnant female can be reads from a mixture of fetal and maternal nucleic acid. A mixture of relatively short reads can be transformed by processes described herein into a representation of a genomic nucleic acid present in the pregnant female and/or in the fetus. A mixture of relatively short reads can be transformed into a representation of a copy number variation (e.g., a maternal and/or fetal copy number variation), genetic variation or an aneuploidy, for example. Reads of a mixture of maternal and fetal nucleic acid can be transformed into a representation of a composite chromosome or a segment thereof comprising features of one or both maternal and fetal chromosomes. In certain embodiments, “obtaining” nucleic acid sequence reads of a sample from a subject and/or “obtaining” nucleic acid sequence reads of a biological specimen from one or more reference persons can involve directly sequencing nucleic acid to obtain the sequence information. In some embodiments, “obtaining” can involve receiving sequence information obtained directly from a nucleic acid by another.

Sequence reads can be mapped and the number of reads or sequence tags mapping to a specified nucleic acid region (e.g., a chromosome, a bin, a genomic section) are referred to as counts. In some embodiments, counts can be manipulated or transformed (e.g., normalized, combined, added, filtered, selected, averaged, derived as a mean, the like, or a combination thereof). In some embodiments, counts can be transformed to produce normalized counts. Normalized counts for multiple genomic sections can be provided in a profile (e.g., a genomic profile, a chromosome profile, a profile of a segment of a chromosome). One or more different elevations in a profile also can be manipulated or transformed (e.g., counts associated with elevations can be normalized) and elevations can be adjusted.

In some embodiments, one nucleic acid sample from one individual is sequenced. In certain embodiments, nucleic acid samples from two or more biological samples, where each biological sample is from one individual or two or more individuals, are pooled and the pool is sequenced. In the latter embodiments, a nucleic acid sample from each biological sample often is identified by one or more unique identification tags.

In some embodiments, a fraction of the genome is sequenced, which sometimes is expressed in the amount of the genome covered by the determined nucleotide sequences (e.g., “fold” coverage less than 1). When a genome is sequenced with about 1-fold coverage, roughly 100% of the nucleotide sequence of the genome is represented by reads. A genome also can be sequenced with redundancy, where a given region of the genome can be covered by two or more reads or overlapping reads (e.g., “fold” coverage greater than 1). In some embodiments, a genome is sequenced with about 0.01-fold to about 100-fold coverage, about 0.2-fold to 20-fold coverage, or about 0.2-fold to about 1-fold coverage (e.g., about 0.02-, 0.03-, 0.04-, 0.05-, 0.06-, 0.07-, 0.08-, 0.09-, 0.1-, 0.2-, 0.3-, 0.4-, 0.5-, 0.6-, 0.7-, 0.8-, 0.9-, 1-, 2-, 3-, 4-, 5-, 6-, 7-, 8-, 9-, 10-, 15-, 20-, 30-, 40-, 50-, 60-, 70-, 80-, 90-fold coverage).

In certain embodiments, a subset of nucleic acid fragments is selected prior to sequencing. In certain embodiments, hybridization-based techniques (e.g., using oligonucleotide arrays) can be used to first select for nucleic acid sequences from certain regions of the mitochondrial and/or nuclear genome. In some embodiments, nucleic acid can be fractionated by size (e.g., by gel electrophoresis, size exclusion chromatography or by microfluidics-based approach). In some embodiments, a portion or subset of a pre-selected set of nucleic acid fragments is sequenced randomly. In some embodiments, the nucleic acid is amplified prior to sequencing. In some embodiments, a portion or subset of the nucleic acid is amplified prior to sequencing.

In some embodiments, a sequencing library is prepared prior to or during a sequencing process. Methods for preparing a sequencing library are known in the art and commercially available platforms may be used for certain applications. Certain commercially available library platforms may be compatible with certain nucleotide sequencing processes described herein. For example, one or more commercially available library platforms may be compatible with a sequencing by synthesis process. In some embodiments, a ligation-based library preparation method is used (e.g., ILLUMINA TRUSEQ, Illumina, San Diego Calif.). Ligation-based library preparation methods typically use a methylated adaptor design which can incorporate an index sequence at the initial ligation step and often can be used to prepare samples for single-read sequencing, paired-end sequencing and multiplexed sequencing. In some embodiments, a transposon-based library preparation method is used (e.g., EPICENTRE NEXTERA, Illumina, Inc., California). Transposon-based methods typically use in vitro transposition to simultaneously fragment and tag DNA in a single-tube reaction (often allowing incorporation of platform-specific tags and optional barcodes), and prepare sequencer-ready libraries.

Any sequencing method suitable for conducting methods described herein can be utilized. In some embodiments, a high-throughput sequencing method is used. High-throughput sequencing methods generally involve clonally amplified DNA templates or single DNA molecules that are sequenced in a massively parallel fashion within a flow cell (e.g. as described in Metzker M Nature Rev 11:31-46 (2010); Volkerding et al. Clin Chem 55:641-658 (2009)). Such sequencing methods also can provide digital quantitative information, where each sequence read is a countable “sequence tag” or “count” representing an individual clonal DNA template, a single DNA molecule, bin or chromosome. Next generation sequencing techniques capable of sequencing DNA in a massively parallel fashion are collectively referred to herein as “massively parallel sequencing” (MPS). Certain MPS techniques include a sequencing-by-synthesis process. High-throughput sequencing technologies include, for example, sequencing-by-synthesis with reversible dye terminators, sequencing by oligonucleotide probe ligation, pyrosequencing and real time sequencing. Non-limiting examples of MPS include Massively Parallel Signature Sequencing (MPSS), Polony sequencing, Pyrosequencing, Illumina (Solexa) sequencing, SOLiD sequencing, Ion semiconductor sequencing, DNA nanoball sequencing, Helioscope single molecule sequencing, single molecule real time (SMRT) sequencing, nanopore sequencing, ION Torrent and RNA polymerase (RNAP) sequencing.

Systems utilized for high-throughput sequencing methods are commercially available and include, for example, the Roche 454 platform, the Applied Biosystems SOLID platform, the Helicos True Single Molecule DNA sequencing technology, the sequencing-by-hybridization platform from Affymetrix Inc., the single molecule, real-time (SMRT) technology of Pacific Biosciences, the sequencing-by-synthesis platforms from 454 Life Sciences, Illumina/Solexa and Helicos Biosciences, and the sequencing-by-ligation platform from Applied Biosystems. The ION TORRENT technology from Life technologies and nanopore sequencing also can be used in high-throughput sequencing approaches.

In some embodiments, first generation technology, such as, for example, Sanger sequencing including the automated Sanger sequencing, can be used in a method provided herein. Additional sequencing technologies that include the use of developing nucleic acid imaging technologies (e.g. transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM)), also are contemplated herein. Examples of various sequencing technologies are described below.

A nucleic acid sequencing technology that may be used in a method described herein is sequencing-by-synthesis and reversible terminator-based sequencing (e.g. Illumina's Genome Analyzer; Genome Analyzer II; HISEQ 2000; HISEQ 2500 (IIlumina, San Diego Calif.)). With this technology, millions of nucleic acid (e.g. DNA) fragments can be sequenced in parallel. In one example of this type of sequencing technology, a flow cell is used which contains an optically transparent slide with 8 individual lanes on the surfaces of which are bound oligonucleotide anchors (e.g., adaptor primers). A flow cell often is a solid support that can be configured to retain and/or allow the orderly passage of reagent solutions over bound analytes. Flow cells frequently are planar in shape, optically transparent, generally in the millimeter or sub-millimeter scale, and often have channels or lanes in which the analyte/reagent interaction occurs.

In certain sequencing by synthesis procedures, for example, template DNA (e.g., circulating cell-free DNA (ccfDNA)) sometimes can be fragmented into lengths of several hundred base pairs in preparation for library generation. In some embodiments, library preparation can be performed without further fragmentation or size selection of the template DNA (e.g., ccfDNA). Sample isolation and library generation may be performed using automated methods and apparatus, in certain embodiments. Briefly, template DNA is end repaired by a fill-in reaction, exonuclease reaction or a combination of a fill-in reaction and exonuclease reaction. The resulting blunt-end repaired template DNA is extended by a single nucleotide, which is complementary to a single nucleotide overhang on the 3′ end of an adapter primer, and often increases ligation efficiency. Any complementary nucleotides can be used for the extension/overhang nucleotides (e.g., A/T, C/G), however adenine frequently is used to extend the end-repaired DNA, and thymine often is used as the 3′ end overhang nucleotide.

In certain sequencing by synthesis procedures, for example, adapter oligonucleotides are complementary to the flow-cell anchors, and sometimes are utilized to associate the modified template DNA (e.g., end-repaired and single nucleotide extended) with a solid support, such as the inside surface of a flow cell, for example. In some embodiments, the adapter also includes identifiers (i.e., indexing nucleotides, or “barcode” nucleotides (e.g., a unique sequence of nucleotides usable as an identifier to allow unambiguous identification of a sample and/or chromosome)), one or more sequencing primer hybridization sites (e.g., sequences complementary to universal sequencing primers, single end sequencing primers, paired end sequencing primers, multiplexed sequencing primers, and the like), or combinations thereof (e.g., adapter/sequencing, adapter/identifier, adapter/identifier/sequencing). Identifiers or nucleotides contained in an adapter often are six or more nucleotides in length, and frequently are positioned in the adaptor such that the identifier nucleotides are the first nucleotides sequenced during the sequencing reaction. In certain embodiments, identifier nucleotides are associated with a sample but are sequenced in a separate sequencing reaction to avoid compromising the quality of sequence reads. Subsequently, the reads from the identifier sequencing and the DNA template sequencing are linked together and the reads de-multiplexed. After linking and de-multiplexing the sequence reads and/or identifiers can be further adjusted or processed as described herein.

In certain sequencing by synthesis procedures, utilization of identifiers allows multiplexing of sequence reactions in a flow cell lane, thereby allowing analysis of multiple samples per flow cell lane. The number of samples that can be analyzed in a given flow cell lane often is dependent on the number of unique identifiers utilized during library preparation and/or probe design. Non limiting examples of commercially available multiplex sequencing kits include Illumina's multiplexing sample preparation oligonucleotide kit and multiplexing sequencing primers and PhiX control kit (e.g., Illumina's catalog numbers PE-400-1001 and PE-400-1002, respectively). A method described herein can be performed using any number of unique identifiers (e.g., 4, 8, 12, 24, 48, 96, or more). The greater the number of unique identifiers, the greater the number of samples and/or chromosomes, for example, that can be multiplexed in a single flow cell lane. Multiplexing using 12 identifiers, for example, allows simultaneous analysis of 96 samples (e.g., equal to the number of wells in a 96 well microwell plate) in an 8 lane flow cell. Similarly, multiplexing using 48 identifiers, for example, allows simultaneous analysis of 384 samples (e.g., equal to the number of wells in a 384 well microwell plate) in an 8 lane flow cell.

In certain sequencing by synthesis procedures, adapter-modified, single-stranded template DNA is added to the flow cell and immobilized by hybridization to the anchors under limiting-dilution conditions. In contrast to emulsion PCR, DNA templates are amplified in the flow cell by “bridge” amplification, which relies on captured DNA strands “arching” over and hybridizing to an adjacent anchor oligonucleotide. Multiple amplification cycles convert the single-molecule DNA template to a clonally amplified arching “cluster,” with each cluster containing approximately 1000 clonal molecules. Approximately 1×10̂9 separate clusters can be generated per flow cell. For sequencing, the clusters are denatured, and a subsequent chemical cleavage reaction and wash leave only forward strands for single-end sequencing. Sequencing of the forward strands is initiated by hybridizing a primer complementary to the adapter sequences, which is followed by addition of polymerase and a mixture of four differently colored fluorescent reversible dye terminators. The terminators are incorporated according to sequence complementarity in each strand in a clonal cluster. After incorporation, excess reagents are washed away, the clusters are optically interrogated, and the fluorescence is recorded. With successive chemical steps, the reversible dye terminators are unblocked, the fluorescent labels are cleaved and washed away, and the next sequencing cycle is performed. This iterative, sequencing-by-synthesis process sometimes requires approximately 2.5 days to generate read lengths of 36 bases. With 50×106 clusters per flow cell, the overall sequence output can be greater than 1 billion base pairs (Gb) per analytical run.

Another nucleic acid sequencing technology that may be used with a method described herein is 454 sequencing (Roche). 454 sequencing uses a large-scale parallel pyrosequencing system capable of sequencing about 400-600 megabases of DNA per run. The process typically involves two steps. In the first step, sample nucleic acid (e.g. DNA) is sometimes fractionated into smaller fragments (300-800 base pairs) and polished (made blunt at each end). Short adaptors are then ligated onto the ends of the fragments. These adaptors provide priming sequences for both amplification and sequencing of the sample-library fragments. One adaptor (Adaptor B) contains a 5′-biotin tag for immobilization of the DNA library onto streptavidin-coated beads. After nick repair, the non-biotinylated strand is released and used as a single-stranded template DNA (sstDNA) library. The sstDNA library is assessed for its quality and the optimal amount (DNA copies per bead) needed for emPCR is determined by titration. The sstDNA library is immobilized onto beads. The beads containing a library fragment carry a single sstDNA molecule. The bead-bound library is emulsified with the amplification reagents in a water-in-oil mixture. Each bead is captured within its own microreactor where PCR amplification occurs. This results in bead-immobilized, clonally amplified DNA fragments.

In the second step of 454 sequencing, single-stranded template DNA library beads are added to an incubation mix containing DNA polymerase and are layered with beads containing sulfurylase and luciferase onto a device containing pico-liter sized wells. Pyrosequencing is performed on each DNA fragment in parallel. Addition of one or more nucleotides generates a light signal that is recorded by a CCD camera in a sequencing instrument. The signal strength is proportional to the number of nucleotides incorporated. Pyrosequencing exploits the release of pyrophosphate (PPi) upon nucleotide addition. PPi is converted to ATP by ATP sulfurylase in the presence of adenosine 5′ phosphosulfate. Luciferase uses ATP to convert luciferin to oxyluciferin, and this reaction generates light that is discerned and analyzed (see, for example, Margulies, M. et al. Nature 437:376-380 (2005)).

Another nucleic acid sequencing technology that may be used in a method provided herein is Applied Biosystems' SOLiD™ technology. In SOLiD™ sequencing-by-ligation, a library of nucleic acid fragments is prepared from the sample and is used to prepare clonal bead populations. Wth this method, one species of nucleic acid fragment will be present on the surface of each bead (e.g. magnetic bead). Sample nucleic acid (e.g. genomic DNA) is sheared into fragments, and adaptors are subsequently attached to the 5′ and 3′ ends of the fragments to generate a fragment library. The adapters are typically universal adapter sequences so that the starting sequence of every fragment is both known and identical. Emulsion PCR takes place in microreactors containing all the necessary reagents for PCR. The resulting PCR products attached to the beads are then covalently bound to a glass slide. Primers then hybridize to the adapter sequence within the library template. A set of four fluorescently labeled di-base probes compete for ligation to the sequencing primer. Specificity of the di-base probe is achieved by interrogating every 1st and 2nd base in each ligation reaction. Multiple cycles of ligation, detection and cleavage are performed with the number of cycles determining the eventual read length. Following a series of ligation cycles, the extension product is removed and the template is reset with a primer complementary to the n−1 position for a second round of ligation cycles. Often, five rounds of primer reset are completed for each sequence tag. Through the primer reset process, each base is interrogated in two independent ligation reactions by two different primers. For example, the base at read position 5 is assayed by primer number 2 in ligation cycle 2 and by primer number 3 in ligation cycle 1.

Another nucleic acid sequencing technology that may be used in a method described herein is Helicos True Single Molecule Sequencing (tSMS). In the tSMS technique, a polyA sequence is added to the 3′ end of each nucleic acid (e.g. DNA) strand from the sample. Each strand is labeled by the addition of a fluorescently labeled adenosine nucleotide. The DNA strands are then hybridized to a flow cell, which contains millions of oligo-T capture sites that are immobilized to the flow cell surface. The templates can be at a density of about 100 million templates/cm2. The flow cell is then loaded into a sequencing apparatus and a laser illuminates the surface of the flow cell, revealing the position of each template. A CCD camera can map the position of the templates on the flow cell surface. The template fluorescent label is then cleaved and washed away. The sequencing reaction begins by introducing a DNA polymerase and a fluorescently labeled nucleotide. The oligo-T nucleic acid serves as a primer. The polymerase incorporates the labeled nucleotides to the primer in a template directed manner. The polymerase and unincorporated nucleotides are removed. The templates that have directed incorporation of the fluorescently labeled nucleotide are detected by imaging the flow cell surface. After imaging, a cleavage step removes the fluorescent label, and the process is repeated with other fluorescently labeled nucleotides until the desired read length is achieved. Sequence information is collected with each nucleotide addition step (see, for example, Harris T. D. et al., Science 320:106-109 (2008)).

Another nucleic acid sequencing technology that may be used in a method provided herein is the single molecule, real-time (SMRT™) sequencing technology of Pacific Biosciences. With this method, each of the four DNA bases is attached to one of four different fluorescent dyes. These dyes are phospholinked. A single DNA polymerase is immobilized with a single molecule of template single stranded DNA at the bottom of a zero-mode waveguide (ZMW). A ZMW is a confinement structure which enables observation of incorporation of a single nucleotide by DNA polymerase against the background of fluorescent nucleotides that rapidly diffuse in an out of the ZMW (in microseconds). It takes several milliseconds to incorporate a nucleotide into a growing strand. During this time, the fluorescent label is excited and produces a fluorescent signal, and the fluorescent tag is cleaved off. Detection of the corresponding fluorescence of the dye indicates which base was incorporated. The process is then repeated.

Another nucleic acid sequencing technology that may be used in a method described herein is ION TORRENT (Life Technologies) single molecule sequencing which pairs semiconductor technology with a simple sequencing chemistry to directly translate chemically encoded information (A, C, G, T) into digital information (0, 1) on a semiconductor chip. ION TORRENT uses a high-density array of micro-machined wells to perform nucleic acid sequencing in a massively parallel way. Each well holds a different DNA molecule. Beneath the wells is an ion-sensitive layer and beneath that an ion sensor. Typically, when a nucleotide is incorporated into a strand of DNA by a polymerase, a hydrogen ion is released as a byproduct. If a nucleotide, for example a C, is added to a DNA template and is then incorporated into a strand of DNA, a hydrogen ion will be released. The charge from that ion will change the pH of the solution, which can be detected by an ion sensor. A sequencer can call the base, going directly from chemical information to digital information. The sequencer then sequentially floods the chip with one nucleotide after another. If the next nucleotide that floods the chip is not a match, no voltage change will be recorded and no base will be called. If there are two identical bases on the DNA strand, the voltage will be double, and the chip will record two identical bases called. Because this is direct detection (i.e. detection without scanning, cameras or light), each nucleotide incorporation is recorded in seconds.

Another nucleic acid sequencing technology that may be used in a method described herein is the chemical-sensitive field effect transistor (CHEMFET) array. In one example of this sequencing technique, DNA molecules are placed into reaction chambers, and the template molecules can be hybridized to a sequencing primer bound to a polymerase. Incorporation of one or more triphosphates into a new nucleic acid strand at the 3′ end of the sequencing primer can be detected by a change in current by a CHEMFET sensor. An array can have multiple CHEMFET sensors. In another example, single nucleic acids are attached to beads, and the nucleic acids can be amplified on the bead, and the individual beads can be transferred to individual reaction chambers on a CHEMFET array, with each chamber having a CHEMFET sensor, and the nucleic acids can be sequenced (see, for example, U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2009/0026082).

Another nucleic acid sequencing technology that may be used in a method described herein is electron microscopy. In one example of this sequencing technique, individual nucleic acid (e.g. DNA) molecules are labeled using metallic labels that are distinguishable using an electron microscope. These molecules are then stretched on a flat surface and imaged using an electron microscope to measure sequences (see, for example, Moudrianakis E. N. and Beer M. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 1965 March; 53:564-71). In some embodiments, transmission electron microscopy (TEM) is used (e.g. Halcyon Molecular's TEM method). This method, termed Individual Molecule Placement Rapid Nano Transfer (IMPRNT), includes utilizing single atom resolution transmission electron microscope imaging of high-molecular weight (e.g. about 150 kb or greater) DNA selectively labeled with heavy atom markers and arranging these molecules on ultra-thin films in ultra-dense (3 nm strand-to-strand) parallel arrays with consistent base-to-base spacing. The electron microscope is used to image the molecules on the films to determine the position of the heavy atom markers and to extract base sequence information from the DNA (see, for example, International Patent Application No. WO 2009/046445).

Other sequencing methods that may be used to conduct methods herein include digital PCR and sequencing by hybridization. In sequencing by hybridization, the method involves contacting a plurality of polynucleotide sequences with a plurality of polynucleotide probes, where each of the plurality of polynucleotide probes can be optionally tethered to a substrate. The substrate can be a flat surface with an array of known nucleotide sequences, in some embodiments. The pattern of hybridization to the array can be used to determine the polynucleotide sequences present in the sample. In some embodiments, each probe is tethered to a bead, e.g., a magnetic bead or the like. Hybridization to the beads can be identified and used to identify the plurality of polynucleotide sequences within the sample.

In some embodiments, chromosome-specific sequencing is performed. In some embodiments, chromosome-specific sequencing is performed utilizing DANSR (digital analysis of selected regions). Digital analysis of selected regions enables simultaneous quantification of hundreds of loci by cfDNA-dependent catenation of two locus-specific oligonucleotides via an intervening ‘bridge’ oligo to form a PCR template. In some embodiments, chromosome-specific sequencing is performed by generating a library enriched in chromosome-specific sequences. In some embodiments, sequence reads are obtained only for a selected set of chromosomes. In some embodiments, sequence reads are obtained only for chromosomes 21, 18 and 13.

The length of the sequence read often is associated with the particular sequencing technology.

High-throughput methods, for example, provide sequence reads that can vary in size from tens to hundreds of base pairs (bp). Nanopore sequencing, for example, can provide sequence reads that can vary in size from tens to hundreds to thousands of base pairs. In some embodiments, the sequence reads are of a mean, median, mode or average length of about 4 bp to 900 bp long (e.g. about 5 bp, about 10 bp, about 15 bp, about 20 bp, about 25 bp, about 30 bp, about 35 bp, about 40 bp, about 45 bp, about 50 bp, about 55 bp, about 60 bp, about 65 bp, about 70 bp, about 75 bp, about 80 bp, about 85 bp, about 90 bp, about 95 bp, about 100 bp, about 110 bp, about 120 bp, about 130, about 140 bp, about 150 bp, about 200 bp, about 250 bp, about 300 bp, about 350 bp, about 400 bp, about 450 bp, or about 500 bp. In some embodiments, the sequence reads are of a mean, median, mode or average length of about 1,000 bp or more.

Distinguishable Labels and Release

As used herein, the terms “distinguishable labels” and “distinguishable tags” refer to types of labels or tags that can be distinguished from one another and used to identify the nucleic acid (e.g., amplicon or primer extension product) to which the tag is attached. A variety of types of labels and tags may be selected and used for multiplex methods provided herein. For example, oligonucleotides, amino acids, small organic molecules, light-emitting molecules, light-absorbing molecules, light-scattering molecules, luminescent molecules, isotopes, enzymes and the like may be used as distinguishable labels or tags. In certain embodiments, oligonucleotides, amino acids, and/or small molecule organic molecules of varying lengths, varying mass-to-charge ratios, varying electrophoretic mobility (e.g., capillary electrophoresis mobility) and/or varying mass also can be used as distinguishable labels or tags. Accordingly, a fluorophore, radioisotope, colormetric agent, light emitting agent, chemiluminescent agent, light scattering agent, and the like, may be used as a label. The choice of label may depend on the sensitivity required, ease of conjugation with a nucleic acid, stability requirements, and available instrumentation. The term “distinguishable feature,” as used herein with respect to distinguishable labels and tags, refers to any feature of one label or tag that can be distinguished from another label or tag (e.g., mass and others described herein). In some embodiments, label composition of the distinguishable labels and tags can be selected and/or designed to result in optimal flight behavior in a mass spectrometer and to allow labels and tags to be distinguished at high multiplexing levels.

For methods used herein, a particular target (mitochondrial or genomic, nuclear)) nucleic acid species, amplicon species and/or extended oligonucleotide species often is paired with a distinguishable detectable label species, such that the detection of a particular label or tag species directly identifies the presence of and/or quantifies a particular target minor or nucleic acid species, amplicon species and/or extended oligonucleotide species in a particular composition. Accordingly, one distinguishable feature of a label species can be used, for example, to identify one target nucleic acid species in a composition, as that particular distinguishable feature corresponds to the particular target nucleic acid. Labels and tags may be attached to a nucleic acid (e.g., oligonucleotide) by any known methods and in any location (e.g., at the 5′ of an oligonucleotide). Thus, reference to each particular label species as “specifically corresponding” to each particular target nucleic acid species, as used herein, refers to one label species being paired with one target species. When the presence of a label species is detected, then the presence of the target nucleic acid species associated with that label species thereby is detected and/or quantified, in certain embodiments.

The term “mass distinguishable label” as used herein refers to a label that is distinguished by mass as a feature. A variety of mass distinguishable labels can be selected and used, such as for example a compomer, amino acid and/or a concatemer. Different lengths and/or compositions of nucleotide strings (e.g., nucleic acids, compomers), amino acid strings (e.g., peptides, polypeptides, compomers) and/or concatemers can be distinguished by mass and be used as labels. Any number of units can be utilized in a mass distinguishable label, and upper and lower limits of such units depends in part on the mass window and resolution of the system used to detect and distinguish such labels. Thus, the length and composition of mass distinguishable labels can be selected based in part on the mass window and resolution of the detector used to detect and distinguish the labels.

The term “compomer” as used herein refers to the composition of a set of monomeric units and not the particular sequence of the monomeric units. For a nucleic acid, the term “compomer” refers to the base composition of the nucleic acid with the monomeric units being bases. The number of each type of base can be denoted by B_(n) (i.e., A_(a)C_(c)G_(g)T_(t), with A₀C₀G₀T₀ representing an “empty” compomer or a compomer containing no bases). A natural compomer is a compomer for which all component monomeric units (e.g., bases for nucleic acids and amino acids for polypeptides) are greater than or equal to zero. In certain embodiments, at least one of A, C, G or T equals 1 or more (e.g., A₀C₀G₁T₀, A₁C₀G₁T₀, A₂C₁G₁T₂, A₃C₂G₁T₅). For purposes of comparing sequences to determine sequence variations, in the methods provided herein, “unnatural” compomers containing negative numbers of monomeric units can be generated by an algorithm utilized to process data. For polypeptides, a compomer refers to the amino acid composition of a polypeptide fragment, with the number of each type of amino acid similarly denoted. A compomer species can correspond to multiple sequences. For example, the compomer A₂G₃ corresponds to the sequences AGGAG, GGGAA, AAGGG, GGAGA and others. In general, there is a unique compomer corresponding to a sequence, but more than one sequence can correspond to the same compomer. In certain embodiments, one compomer species is paired with (e.g., corresponds to) one target nucleic acid species, amplicon species and/or oligonucleotide species. Different compomer species have different base compositions, and distinguishable masses, in embodiments herein (e.g., A₀C₀G₅T₀ and A₀C₅G₀T₀ are different and mass-distinguishable compomer species). In some embodiments, a set of compomer species differ by base composition and have the same length. In certain embodiments, a set of compomer species differ by base compositions and length.

A nucleotide compomer used as a mass distinguishable label can be of any length for which all compomer species can be detectably distinguished, for example about 1 to 15, 5 to 20, 1 to 30, 5 to 35, 10 to 30, 15 to 30, 20 to 35, 25 to 35, 30 to 40, 35 to 45, 40 to 50, or 25 to 50, or sometimes about 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 85 or 100, nucleotides in length. A peptide or polypeptide compomer used as a mass distinguishable label can be of any length for which all compomer species can be detectably distinguished, for example about 1 to 20, 10 to 30, 20 to 40, 30 to 50, 40 to 60, 50 to 70, 60 to 80, 70 to 90, or 80 to 100 amino acids in length. As noted above, the limit to the number of units in a compomer often is limited by the mass window and resolution of the detection method used to distinguish the compomer species.

The terms “concatamer” and “concatemer” are used herein synonymously (collectively “concatemer”), and refer to a molecule that contains two or more units linked to one another (e.g., often linked in series; sometimes branched in certain embodiments). A concatemer sometimes is a nucleic acid and/or an artificial polymer in some embodiments. A concatemer can include the same type of units (e.g., a homoconcatemer) in some embodiments, and sometimes a concatemer can contain different types of units (e.g., a heteroconcatemer). A concatemer can contain any type of unit(s), including nucleotide units, amino acid units, small organic molecule units (e.g., trityl), particular nucleotide sequence units, particular amino acid sequence units, and the like. A homoconcatemer of three particular sequence units ABC is ABCABCABC, in an embodiment. A concatemer can contain any number of units so long as each concatemer species can be detectably distinguished from other species. For example, a trityl concatemer species can contain about 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100, 125, 150, 175, 200, 225, 250, 275, 300, 325, 350, 375, 400, 425, 450, 475, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900 or 1000 trityl units, in some embodiments.

A distinguishable label can be released from a nucleic acid product (e.g., an extended oligonucleotide) in certain embodiments. The linkage between the distinguishable label and a nucleic acid can be of any type that can be transcribed and cleaved, cleaved and allow for detection of the released label or labels, thereby identifying and/or quantifying the nucleic acid product (e.g., U.S. patent application publication no. US20050287533A1, entitled “Target-Specific Compomers and Methods of Use,” naming Ehrich et al.). Such linkages and methods for cleaving the linkages (“cleaving conditions”) are known. In certain embodiments, a label can be separated from other portions of a molecule to which it is attached. In some embodiments, a label (e.g., a compomer) is cleaved from a larger string of nucleotides (e.g., extended oligonucleotides). Non-limiting examples of linkages include linkages that can be cleaved by a nuclease (e.g., ribonuclease, endonuclease); linkages that can be cleaved by a chemical; linkages that can be cleaved by physical treatment; and photocleavable linkers that can be cleaved by light (e.g., o-nitrobenzyl, 6-nitroveratryloxycarbonyl, 2-nitrobenzyl group). Photocleavable linkers provide an advantage when using a detection system that emits light (e.g., matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry involves the laser emission of light), as cleavage and detection are combined and occur in a single step.

In certain embodiments, a label can be part of a larger unit, and can be separated from that unit prior to detection. For example, in certain embodiments, a label is a set of contiguous nucleotides in a larger nucleotide sequence, and the label is cleaved from the larger nucleotide sequence. In such embodiments, the label often is located at one terminus of the nucleotide sequence or the nucleic acid in which it resides. In some embodiments, the label, or a precursor thereof, resides in a transcription cassette that includes a promoter sequence operatively linked with the precursor sequence that encodes the label. In the latter embodiments, the promoter sometimes is a RNA polymerase-recruiting promoter that generates an RNA that includes or consists of the label. An RNA that includes a label can be cleaved to release the label prior to detection (e.g., with an RNase).

In certain embodiments, a distinguishable label or tag is not cleaved from an extended oligonucleotide, and in some embodiments, the distinguishable label or tag comprises a capture agent. In certain embodiments, detecting a distinguishable feature includes detecting the presence or absence of an extended oligonucleotide, and in some embodiments an extended oligonucleotide includes a capture agent.

Detection and Degree of Multiplexing

The term “detection” of a label as used herein refers to identification of a label species. Any suitable detection device can be used to distinguish label species in a sample. Detection devices suitable for detecting mass distinguishable labels, include, without limitation, certain mass spectrometers and gel electrophoresis devices. Examples of mass spectrometry formats include, without limitation, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight (MALDI-TOF) Mass Spectrometry (MS), MALDI orthogonal TOF MS (OTOF MS; two dimensional), Laser Desorption Mass Spectrometry (LDMS), Electrospray (ES) MS, Ion Cyclotron Resonance (ICR) MS, and Fourier Transform MS. Methods described herein are readily applicable to mass spectrometry formats in which analyte is volatized and ionized (“ionization MS,” e.g., MALDI-TOF MS, LDMS, ESMS, linear TOF, OTOF). Orthogonal ion extraction MALDI-TOF and axial MALDI-TOF can give rise to relatively high resolution, and thereby, relatively high levels of multiplexing. Detection devices suitable for detecting light-emitting, light absorbing and/or light-scattering labels, include, without limitation, certain light detectors and photodetectors (e.g., for fluorescence, chemiluminescence, absorption, and/or light scattering labels).

Multiplex Assay Design

The methods provided herein can be adapted to a multiplexed format to amplify and quantitate polynucleotides of a plurality of sets. Multiplexing can be performed in a single reaction vessel, compartment or container. In some embodiments, paralogs are chosen and assays are designed so that the nucleotide at V for the mitochondrial polynucleotides and genomic polynucleotides for a number of sets can be distinguished and quantified in a single reaction. The following are examples of multiplex reaction schemes and are not meant to be limiting. For example, paralogs with a combination of either C (mitochondrial) and T (genomic) or G (mitochondrial) and A (genomic) are selected. Single base extension reactions to probe C/A would be carried out in the forward direction and reactions to probe G/A in the reverse direction, i.e. at C/T. Thus enabling a plurality of sets to be examined in a single reaction vessel. This approach could be applied to sets of paralogs having C as the nucleotide at V for mitochondrial polynucleotides and A/G/T as the nucleotide at V for genomic polynucleotides. Another possible combination of sets of paralogs that could be plexed in a single reaction vessel has V as C/T, C/A, G/A, G/T, where C and G are mitochondrial and A and T are genomic. An alternative multiplex assay has paralog sets that share a common V nucleotide for the mitochondrial polynucleotides and have any of the other three nucleotides as the V nucleotide for genomic polynucleotides. Additional liberty in design can is obtained for any of the assays by allowing reverse design, i.e., probing a sequence on the opposite stand.

In some embodiments, mitochondrial paralogs are chosen and assays are designed for co-amplification of different sets of mitochondrial paralogs and so that the nucleotide at V for the mitochondrial polynucleotides of a number of sets can be distinguished and quantified in a single reaction. In some embodiments, nuclear paralogs are chosen and assays are designed for co-amplification of different sets of nuclear paralogs and so that the nucleotide at V for the nuclear polynucleotides for a number of sets can be distinguished and quantified in a single reaction. In certain embodiments, assays targeting nuclear paralogs and assays targeting mitochondrial paralogs can be performed in the same reaction. In certain embodiments, assays targeting nuclear paralogs are performed in a separate reaction from assays targeting mitochondrial paralogs (both amplification and single base extension). In some embodiments, amplification of nuclear paralogs and amplification of mitochondrial paralogs are carried out in separate reactions and then combined to carry out single base extension reactions.

Design methods for achieving resolved mass spectra with multiplexed assays can include primer and oligonucleotide design methods, relative concentrations of reagents such as chain terminating reagents, choice of detection labels and other reaction design methods. For primer and oligonucleotide design in multiplexed assays, the same general guidelines for primer design applies for uniplexed reactions, such as avoiding false priming and primer dimers, only more primers are involved for multiplex reactions. In addition, for analysis by mass spectrometry, analyte peaks in the mass spectra for one assay are sufficiently resolved from a product of any assay with which that assay is multiplexed, including pausing peaks and any other by-product peaks. Also, analyte peaks optimally fall within a user-specified mass window, for example, within a range of 5,000-8,500 Da. Extension oligonucleotides can be designed with respect to target sequences of a given V (e.g., SNP) strand, in some embodiments. In such embodiments, the length often is between limits that can be, for example, user-specified (e.g., 17 to 24 bases or 17-26 bases) and often do not contain bases that are uncertain in the target sequence. Hybridization strength sometimes is gauged by calculating the sequence-dependent melting (or hybridization/dissociation) temperature, T_(m). A particular primer choice may be disallowed, or penalized relative to other choices of primers, because of its hairpin potential, false priming potential, primer-dimer potential, low complexity regions, and problematic subsequences such as GGGG. Methods and software for designing extension oligonucleotides (e.g., according to these criteria) are known, and include, for example, SpectroDESIGNER™ (Sequenom).

Mitochondrial Dosage

Mitochondrial/Genomic (Nuclear) Paralogs

In certain embodiments, the ratios for a plurality of sets are combined and the relative dosage of mitochondrial nucleic acid to genomic nucleic acid for the sample is determined based on the combined ratio. In some embodiments, the combined ratio is an average ratio or a median ratio. The term “average” as used herein is meant a value that is calculated by adding the value of the ratios for each of a number of sets and then dividing by the total number of sets. The term “median” as used herein is meant a value for a ratio that is at the midpoint of the frequency distribution of observed values of the ratios for the sets examined, such that there is an equal probability of falling above or below it.

In some embodiments, the ratio of each set is compared to an average or median ratio based on the plurality of sets and an outlier or cluster that deviates from the average or median ratio is an indication of a mitochondrial deletion. In other embodiments, the ratio of a set representing one region of the mitochondrial genome is compared to the ratio of each of the other sets representing different regions of the mitochondrial genome and the presence of one or more deletions in the mitochondrial genome is determined based on a difference in the ratio for the one region compared with the ratios for one or more other regions of the mitochondrial genome.

Mitochondrial/Mitochondrial Paralogs-Nuclear/Nuclear Paralogs

In some embodiments, the ratios for a plurality of sets of mitochondrial polynucleotides are combined and the ratios for a plurality of sets of nuclear polynucleotides are combined and the mitochondrial/nuclear ratio for the sample is determined based on using the combined ratios. In some embodiments, the combined ratio is an average ratio or a median ratio. Variability can be minimized by using the results of multiple independent assays targeting nuclear paralogs and multiple independent assays targeting mitochondrial paralogs to derive Ratio X and Ratio Y.

In some embodiments, the ratio of a set of a mitochondrial paralog representing one region of the mitochondrial genome is compared to an average or median ratio based on the plurality of sets of mitochondrial paralogs and an outlier or cluster that deviates from the average or median ratio is an indication of a mitochondrial deletion.

In certain embodiments, the ratio of a set of a mitochondrial paralog representing one region of the mitochondrial genome is compared to the ratio of each of the other sets of a mitochondrial paralog representing different regions of the mitochondrial genome and the presence of one or more deletions in the mitochondrial genome is determined based on a difference in the ratio of the set representing the one region compared with the ratios for one or more sets representing other regions of the mitochondrial genome.

Baseline Mitochondrial Dosage

The number of mitochondria in a sample can exhibit differences based on the tissue of origin, the genetics of a subject, as well as fitness of the subject. In some embodiments, a baseline mitochondrial dosage is determined for an individual subject and/or population and the dosage determined for the sample is compared to or adjusted relative to the baseline dosage. For example, a baseline mitochondrial dosage for a subject can be based on a sample from the subject obtained at multiple points in time. A baseline mitochondrial dosage for a population can be determined for a sample from individuals that do not have or are not pre-disposed to having a disease, disorder or symptoms associated with an increase or decrease in the dosage of mitochondria nucleic acid or a deletion in the mitochondrial genome. The baseline mitochondrial dosage for a population can be used as the baseline for a subject when the subject and the population share one or more of the following exemplary characteristics: tissue of origin for which the mitochondria are examined, sex, ethnicity, age and activity level. Other relevant characteristics can be utilized depending on the subject and the population. If there are differences, such as tissue of origin, adjusts are made to normalize the samples.

Diseases and Disorders

An increase or decrease in mitochondrial dosage has be associated with a number of diseases, disorder, conditions and symptoms, including, but not limited to the following examples.

Neurodegenerative Disease

Non-limiting examples include: Parkinson's, Alzheimers, Friedreich's Ataxia, Amyotropic lateral sclerosis and Multiple sclerosis (MS).

Diseases Associated with nDNA Mutations that Cause mtDNA Stability

POLG associated diseases are most common (POLG is a gene that codes for the catalytic subunit of the mitochondrial DNA polymerase, called DNA polymerase gamma). Non-limiting examples include: Opthalmoplegia, Alper's syndrome and Leigh's syndrome.

Diseases Associated with mtDNA Deletions/Mutations

Non-limiting examples include: Kearns-Sayre syndrome (KSS), Leber's heredity optic neuropathy (LHON), Mitochondiral encophalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, stroke like episodes (MELAS) and Myoclonic Epilepsy with Ragged Red Fibers (MERRF).

Cancer

Non-limiting examples include: gastric cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), HPV associated cancer, breast cancer and Ewing's Sarcoma, pancreatic cancer, liver cancer, testicular cancer, prostate cancer, renal cell carcinoma (RCC), bladder cancer, and ovarian cancer.

Metabolic Disease

Non-limiting examples include: obesity, diabetes, pre-diabetes and diabetic retinopathy.

Cardiovascular Disease

Non-limiting examples include: diabetic cardiomyopathies and coronary heart disease.

Sepsis

Non-limiting examples include: sepsis caused by bacterial, viral or fungal infection.

In some embodiments, the dosage of mitochondrial nucleic acid relative to genomic nucleic acid for the sample from the subject is used in determining the likelihood the subject has or is pre-disposed to having a disease, disorder or symptoms associated with an increase or decrease in the dosage of mitochondria nucleic acid or a deletion in the mitochondrial genome. In some embodiments, the disease or disorder is a neurodegenerative disease, a cancer, a disease or disorder associated with mitochondrial stability, a disease or disorder associated with a mitochondrial deletion, a metabolic disease or disorder, a cardiovascular disease or disorder, a disease or disorder associated with oxidative stress, a disease or disorder associated with infertility or a disease or disorder associated with sepsis.

In some embodiments, the disease, disorder or condition is Parkinson's disease, Alzheimers disease, Friedreich's Ataxia, Amyotropic lateral sclerosis, Multiple sclerosis (MS), POLG associated diseases, Opthalmoplegia, Alper's syndrome, Leigh's syndrome, Kearns-Sayre syndrome (KSS), Leber's heredity optic neuropathy (LHON), Mitochondiral encophalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, stroke like episodes (MELAS), Myoclonic Epilepsy with Ragged Red Fibers (MERRF), gastric cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), HPV associated cancer, breast cancer, Ewing's Sarcoma, pancreatic cancer, liver cancer, testicular cancer, prostate cancer, renal cell carcinoma (RCC), bladder cancer, ovarian cancer, obesity, diabetes, pre-diabetes, diabetic retinopathy, diabetic cardiomyopathies coronary heart disease and sepsis.

In some embodiments, the dosage of mitochondrial nucleic acid relative to genomic nucleic acid for the sample from the subject can be used to monitor the efficacy of treatment of the subject for a disease, disorder or symptoms associated with an increase or decrease in the dosage of mitochondria nucleic acid or a deletion in the mitochondrial genome.

Kits

In some embodiments, provided are kits for carrying out methods described herein. Kits often comprise one or more containers that contain one or more components described herein. A kit comprises one or more components in any number of separate containers, packets, tubes, vials, multiwell plates and the like, or components may be combined in various combinations in such containers. One or more of the following components, for example, may be included in a kit: (i) one or more nucleotides (e.g., terminating nucleotides and/or non-terminating nucleotides); one or more of which can include a detection label; (ii) one or more oligonucleotides, one or more of which can include a detection label (e.g., amplification primers, one or more extension primers (UEPs)); (iii) one or more enzymes (e.g., a polymerase, endonuclease, restriction enzyme, etc.); (iv) one or more buffers and (vii) printed matter (e.g. directions, labels, etc). In some embodiments, a kit comprises amplification primer pairs that comprise polynucleotides chosen from polynucleotides in Table 2 and Table 4, or portions thereof. In some embodiments, a kit also comprises extension primers comprising polynucleotides chosen from polynucleotides in Table 2 and Table 4 or portions thereof.

In some embodiments, a kit comprises amplification primer pairs that comprise polynucleotides chosen from polynucleotides in Table 7, or portions thereof. In some embodiments, a kit also comprises extension primers comprising polynucleotides chosen from polynucleotides in Table 7 or portions thereof.

A kit sometimes is utilized in conjunction with a process, and can include instructions for performing one or more processes and/or a description of one or more compositions. A kit may be utilized to carry out a process described herein. Instructions and/or descriptions may be in tangible form (e.g., paper and the like) or electronic form (e.g., computer readable file on a tangle medium (e.g., compact disc) and the like) and may be included in a kit insert. A kit also may include a written description of an internet location that provides such instructions or descriptions.

Examples

The examples set forth below illustrate, and do not limit, the technology.

Example 1—Identification of Mitochondrial/Genomic (Nuclear) Paralogs

Mitochondrial/genomic (nuclear) paralogs were identified using a R-based algorithm. Utilizing the Biostrings library from the Bioconductor open source software for bioinformatics matched the sequences to the UCSC hg19 build. Bioconductor contains memory efficient string containers, string matching algorithms, and other utilities, for fast manipulation of large biological sequences or sets of sequences. When paralog regions were identified these were verified using the BLAST algorithm from NCBI.

An exemplary protocol is as follows:

-   1) The mitochondrial genome was split into shorter fragments (in the     case here 100 bp) and given a name, here Seq-1 is the mitochondrial     genome nt 1-100 and Seq-2 is nucleotides 101-200. -   2) Each sequence was aligned against the human genome and a certain     number of mismatches are allowed in this case 20 mismatches per     sequence. Results are displayed in Table 1. Shown are sequence     number, chromosome number, start of alignment, end of alignment,     regions that are suitable for use as amplicons (potential     amplification primer binding regions) and sequence. Dashes indicate     matches in the nuclear sequence (genomic) and letter mismatches in     the nuclear sequence (genomic). -   3) Sequences that do not have a paralog (using the settings in 2) in     the nuclear genome will only retrieve the mitochondrial match     (Chr=M). Examples here are sequences Seq-3 to Seq-6a. -   4) Sequences with multiplex alignments can be identified from     sequences with only one or two nuclear alignments. -   5) All sequence mismatches can be used for paralog detection (V) as     long as the upstream/downstream regions X and Y and regions 5′ to X     and regions 3′ to Y fit the strategy for amplification as described     below. -   6) For Co-amplification of mitochondrial and genomic polynucleotides     with a single amplification primer pair—select a region V (denoted     by “$” above the sequence) surrounded by regions X and Y (denoted by     “*” above the sequence), where X and Y are identical in both the     nuclear and mitochondrial genome. Examples are Seq-1 and Seq-41.     Another example is sequence Seq-51 where perfect alignment is     identified to chromosome 17 with a single mismatch but the     alignments to chromosome 2 and 17 are different enough to enable     amplification of chromosome 1 and M only. Amplification primers are     designed to bind to a region within X and Y, for amplification of     both mitochondrial and genomic polynucleotides. Amplicon produced     with these amplification primers will include V. The nucleotide at V     is analyzed to distinguish an amplicon of a mitochondrial     polynucleotide from an amplicon of a genomic polynucleotide. -   7) Amplification of mitochondrial polynucleotides with a     mitochondrial specific amplification primer pair and amplification     of genomic polynucleotides with a genomic specific amplification     primer pair—select a region V (denoted by “$” above the sequence)     surrounded by regions X and Y, where regions 5′ to X and 3′ to Y     (denoted by “+” above the sequence) are not identical in both the     genomic and mitochondrial genome. Example is sequence Seq-1.     Mitochondrial specific amplification primers are designed to bind to     a region outside of X and Y, region 5′ to X and region 3′ to Y.     Genomic specific amplification primers are designed to bind to a     region outside of X and Y, region 5′ to X and region 3′ to Y.     Amplicon produced with these amplification primers will include V.     The nucleotide at V is analyzed to distinguish an amplicon of a     mitochondrial polynucleotide from an amplicon of a genomic     polynucleotide. -   8) Amplification with one amplification primer binding to both     mitochondrial and genomic paralogs in region X and the other     amplification primer being a pair of primers that binds to a region     3′ to Y where one primer is mitochondrial specific and the other is     genome specific—select a region V (denoted by “$” above the     sequence) surrounded by regions X and Y (denoted by “*” above the     sequence), where regions 5′ to X and 3′ to Y (denoted by “+” above     the sequence) are not identical in both the genomic and     mitochondrial genome. Regions will be selected that are hybrids     from 6) and 7). Example is Seq-1 and Seq-95. One amplification     primer is designed to bind to a region within X, for use in the     amplification of a mitochondrial polynucleotide or a genomic     polynucleotide. Two corresponding amplification primers, one     specific for a mitochondrial polynucleotide and one specific for a     genomic polynucleotide are designed to bind to a region ′3 of Y that     has one or more mismatches between mitochondrial and genomic     polynucleotides of a set. Amplicon produced with these amplification     primers will include V. The nucleotide at V is analyzed to     distinguish an amplicon of a mitochondrial polynucleotide from an     amplicon of a genomic polynucleotide.

TABLE 1 Mitochondrial and Genomic (Nuclear) Paralogs SEQ ID Seq. No. Chr Start End Length NO: Sequence       +++++++++++++++++++++++    ***********************    $$     ********************** ++++++++++ Seq-1 M 1 100 100 1 GATCACAGGTCTATCACCCTATTAACCACTCACGGGAGCTCTCCATGCATTTGGTATTTTCGTCTGGGGGGTGTGCACGCGATAGCATTGCGAGACGCTG Seq-1 17 22020727 22020826 100 2 ------G-------T----------T--G-------------------------------AA----------------------------T--A------ ++++++ Seq-2 M 101 200 100 3 GAGCCGGAGCACCCTATGTCGCAGTATCTGTCTTTGATTCCTGCCTCATTCTATTATTTATCGCACCTACGTTCAATATTACAGGCGAACATACCTACTA Seq-2 17 22020827 22020926 100 4 -CC--A-------------------G-------------------C---C-C------G---A-------A--------CC-------G--------TC- Seq-3 M 201 300 100 5 AAGTGTGTTAATTAATTAATGCTTGTAGGACATAATAATAACAATTGAATGTCTGCACAGCCGCTTTCCACACAGACATCATAACAAAAAATTTCCACCA Seq-4 M 301 400 100 6 AACCCCCCCCTCCCCCCGCTTCTGGCCACAGCACTTAAACACATCTCTGCCAAACCCCAAAAACAAAGAACCCTAACACCAGCCTAACCAGATTTCAAAT Seq-5 M 401 500 100 7 TTTATCTTTAGGCGGTATGCACTTTTAACAGTCACCCCCCAACTAACACATTATTTTCCCCTCCCACTCCCATACTACTAATCTCATCAATACAACCCCC Seq-6 M 501 600 100 8 GCCCATCCTACCCAGCACACACACACCGCTGCTAACCCCATACCCCGAACCAACCAAACCCCAAAGACACCCCCCACAGTTTATGTAGCTTACCTCCTCA Seq-7 M 601 700 100 9 AAGCAATACACTGAAAATGTTTAGACGGGCTCACATCACCCCATAAACAAATAGGTTTGGTCCTAGCCTTTCTATTAGCTCTTAGTAAGATTACACATGC Seq-7 2 83048020 83048119 100 10 ------G-------------C----T---TC----CA------------G-----C--------G------T-----C------T--------------G Seq-7 2 117778792 117778891 100 11 ------G-------------C---TT---TC----C-----G--G----G--------T-----G------T---------------------A------ Seq-7 3 106617467 106617566 100 12 ---A--GG-----------C-C---A-ATT----G-A--T---------C--------------G------T-G----T--------------T------ Seq-7 4 117218921 117219020 100 13 ------G-------------C----T--ATC-G--CA----T-------G-G------------G------T--C------------------------T Seq-7 5 120366903 120367002 100 14 -------G------------C-G--T----C----CTG--------------------CA----------------G-T------------------CT- Seq-7 7 142373034 142373133 100 15 ------G-------------C----T-----T-T-CAG-----------G-C--TC--------G------------A---------------------- Seq-7 8 32868986 32869085 100 16 ------G-----------A-C----T---TCTG--CA------------G----------C---GA-----T---------------------------- Seq-7 9 33656634 33656733 100 17 ------G-------------C----T-----T-T-CAG----G------G-C------------G------------A---------------------- Seq-7 17 19501896 19501995 100 18 ------G-------------C----T---TCTG--CAT-----------G---T----------G---------------T----------------C-- Seq-7 17 22021387 22021486 100 19 ------G-----------A-C----T----CT---CTG-------G-------------------------------A-------------------A-- Seq-7 23 125865728 125865827 100 20 ------G---------G---C--------TCTG--CA--AT--------------C--------G----------------------------------- Seq-7 24 8234672 8234771 100 21 ------G-------------C----T---TCT-G-CA-T------------C--A---A----AG-------------A--C---------------A-- Seq-8 M 701 800 100 22 AAGCATCCCCGTTCCAGTGAGTTCACCCTCTAAATCACCACGATCAAAAGGGACAAGCATCAAGCACGCAGCAATGCAGCTCAAAACGCTTAGCCTAGCC Seq-8 9 33656734 33656833 100 23 ----------A-C-------AAGT---------------TT---------AAGT---T--------T---CA---------------A---T---C---- Seq-8 17 22021487 22021586 100 24 -------G--ACC-TG----AA-A--------------T--A---------AGT---T------------TT-G-------------A---T--------      ++++++++++++++++++++++                             $            +++++++++++++++++++++ Seq-9 M 801 900 100 25 ACACCCCCACGGGAAACAGCAGTGATTAACCTTTAGCAATAAACGAAAGTTTAACTAAGCTATACTAACCCCAGGGTTGGTCAATTTCGTGCCAGCCACC Seq-9 17 22021587 22021686 100 26 --------------G-----------A-----------------------------G------------TTT---------T------A----------- Seq-10 M 901 1000 100 27 GCGGTCACACGATTAACCCAAGTCAATAGAAGCCGGCGTAAAGAGTGTTTTAGATCACCCCCTCCCCAATAAAGCTAAAACTCACCTGAGTTGTAAAAAA Seq-11 M 1001 1100 100 28 CTCCAGTTGACACAAAATAGACTACGAAAGTGGCTTTAACATATCTGAACACACAATAGCTAAGACCCAAACTGGGATTAGATACCCCACTATGCTTAGC Seq-11 1 9634769 9634868 100 29 -C-T--C---A-T------A----T---G----------T-CT------G---------------------T---------------------------- Seq-11 4 56194364 56194463 100 30 ------C-----T------A--------------------G---------------------------------------------G-------GGCTCA Seq-11 5 123096916 123097015 100 31 -C-T--C---A-T------A--------G---AA-----T--T-----GG-------------------------------------------------- Seq-11 7 142373430 142373529 100 32 -C-GG-C---A-T------A----T---G-A--------T-CT------G------------------------------------------G------- Seq-11 17 22021783 22021882 100 33 -C-T------T-T----C-A-------------------T--T------T----------G----TT-----------------------------C--- Seq-12 M 1101 1200 100 34 CCTAAACCTCAACAGTTAAATCAACAAAACTGCTCGCCAGAACACTACGAGCCACAGCTTAAAACTCAAAGGACCTGGCGGTGCTTCATATCCCTCTAGA Seq-12 1 142792707 142792806 100 35 T------TCA--T-----G-----A-------T---------------A---A---------------------T-----------T-----------A- Seq-12 1 143344785 143344884 100 36 T------TCG--T-----G-------------T---------------A---A---------------------T-----------T-----------A- Seq-12 4 117219422 117219521 100 37 -------TCT--T-----C--TG-G-----CAT--------GT-----A---A---------------------T-----------T------------- Seq-12 5 123097016 123097115 100 38 -------TC---T------------------AT--A------------A---A-T-------------------T-----------T------------- Seq-12 7 142373530 142373629 100 39 -------TC---T------------------AT--C------------A---A-T-------------------T----A------T------------- Seq-12 9 33657133 33657232 100 40 -------TC---T-------------G----AT--A------------A---A-T-------------------T-----------T------------- Seq-12 17 19502389 19502488 100 41 -------TCT--T-----C--T--------CAT--------GT-----A---A---------------------T----A------T------------- Seq-12 17 22021883 22021982 100 42 -------T---------------------------------------G----A-----------------------------------C----------- Seq-12 21 9735630 9735729 100 43 T------TCG--T-----G-------------T---------------A---A---------------------T-----------T-----------A- Seq-12 24 13290257 13290356 100 44 -------TCG--T-----G-------------T---------------A---A---------------------T-T---------T-C---------A- Seq-13 M 1201 1300 100 45 GGAGCCTGTTCTGTAATCGATAAACCCCGATCAACCTCACCACCTCTTGCTCAGCCTATATACCGCCATCTTCAGCAAACCCTGATGAAGGCTACAAAGT Seq-13 1 142792807 142792906 100 46 ------------A---------------A--TT-----------------C-------A-----C-------------------GAA-G-CTGCAG-GTA Seq-13 1 143344885 143344984 100 47 ----G-------A---------------A--TT-----------------C-------A-----T-------------------GAA-G-C-GCAG-GTA Seq-13 7 142373630 142373729 100 48 ------------A----G----------A--TT----------T--------------------AT-----------------AG-A--A-TC------- Seq-13 9 33657233 33657332 100 49 ------------A----G------A---A--TTG------------------------------A-TG---------------AGCA------G------ Seq-13 17 22021983 22022082 100 50 ------------A---------------A--TC--------------------A--C----------------------------CA-----C------- Seq-13 21 9735730 9735829 100 51 ----G-------A---------------A--TT-----------------C-------A-----T-------------------GAA-G-C-GCAG-GTA Seq-14 M 1301 1400 100 52 AAGCGCAAGTACCCACGTAAAGACGTTAGGTCAAGGTGTAGCCCATGAGGTGGCAAGAAATGGGCTACATTTTCTACCCCAGAAAACTACGATAGCCCTT Seq-14 7 142373730 142373829 100 53 ----A------T-T--A----A--A-------------------------C--T-----------------------A--CAG---A-CTC-C-A----- Seq-14 9 5092100 5092199 100 54 ----A------AAT--A----A------------C-------T----------------------C--------------------TCT-ACG-CAA-C- Seq-14 17 22022083 22022182 100 55 ----A------T-T--A----A-T-------------------T------------------------------------------T-CTACA-TAA-CC Seq-15 M 1401 1500 100 56 ATGAAACTTAAGGGTCGAAGGTGGATTTAGCAGTAAACTGAGAGTAGAGTGCTTAGTTGAACAGGGCCCTGAAGCGCGTACACACCGCCCGTCACCCTCC Seq-15 1 142793009 142793108 100 57 ------TC------CTC----A----------A----T------C------T---A-----T-A----A------AT-C-----------A--------- Seq-15 1 143345087 143345186 100 58 ------TC------CTC----A----------A----T------C------T---A-----T-A----A------AT-C--------------------- Seq-15 4 117219730 117219829 100 59 ------TC------CTC----A--------T-------CA--C-C---------G------T-A----A------AT-C---------T-A--------- Seq-15 5 123097321 123097420 100 60 -------C------C-C----A---------------T-AG---C----------A-----T-A----A-A----AT-C------T---T---------- Seq-15 9 33657434 33657533 100 61 ------TC------CTC----A-------------C-T-A----C----------A-----TGA----A-A----A--C-----AT-------------- Seq-15 17 19502693 19502792 100 62 ----C-TC------CTC----A------G---------CA----C---------G------T-A----A------AT-C-----------A--------- Seq-15 17 22022185 22022284 100 63 -------C-G------C----A--------T------T-A---AC----------A-----T------A-A----A--C-------A---A--------- Seq-15 21 9735932 9736031 100 64 ------TC------CTC----A----------A----T------C------T---A-----T-A----A------AT-C--------------------- Seq-15 24 13290559 13290658 100 65 ------TC------CTC----A----------A----T------C------T---A-----T-A----A------A--C-----------T--------- +++++++++++++++++++++                  $$                                        +++++++++++++++++++ Seq-16 M 1501 1600 100 66 TCAAGTATACTTCAAAGGACATTTAACTAAAACCCCTACGCATTTATATAGAGGAGACAAGTCGTAACATGGTAAGTGTACTGGAAAGTGCACTTGGACG Seq-16 9 33657536 33657635 100 67 AA-TA-TACT--AG-GATTAG------------------TT-----------------------------------------A---------------T- Seq-17 M 1601 1700 100 68 AACCAGAGTGTAGCTTAACACAAAGCACCCAACTTACACTTAGGAGATTTCAACTTAACTTGACCGCTCTGAGCTAAACCTAGCCCCAAACCCACTCCAC Seq-17 7 145694412 145694511 100 69 --TA-T-AA-G--G------T------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seq-17 17 22022353 22022452 100 70 -----AG-------------T---------TG-------C-G-----------T----T------A-C---------TT---------------ACTA-T $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$   *************************** Seq-18 M 1701 1800 100 71 CTTACTACCAGACAACCTTAGCCAAACCATTTACCCAAATAAAGTATAGGCGATAGAAATTGAAACCTGGCGCAATAGATATAGTACCGCAAGGGAAAGA Seq-18 17 22022453 22022552 100 72 TC--------A-T-----C-A-T---A---------------------------------GAT-T-TC---A-------C---A------G-T------- Seq-19 M 1801 1900 100 73 TGAAAAATTATAACCAAGCATAATATAGCAAGGACTAACCCCTATACCTTCTGCATAATGAATTAACTAGAAATAACTTTGCAAGGAGAGCCAAAGCTAA Seq-19 7 142374229 142374328 100 74 ATG----AGT--------A----A----------TAG----T------------G-------------------------A--CA----A-------C-- Seq-19 17 22022553 22022652 100 75 -------AC--------------AG----------A--------------------------------------------A---A----A-------C-- Seq-20 M 1901 2000 100 76 GACCCCCGAAACCAGACGAGCTACCTAAGAACAGCTAAAAGAGCACACCCGTCTATGTAGCAAAATAGTGGGAAGATTTATAGGTAGAGGCGACAAACCT Seq-20 2 117780085 117780184 100 77 -T----T---------T--------C-----T-A--G----C--------AC------G-------------------G--GA----G--G-----G--- Seq-20 3 40294119 40294218 100 78 -T--------------T--A-----C----------G-----------T-AC------G------------------GC--GA----C--TC----G--- Seq-20 7 142374329 142374428 100 79 -G-----A-----------------C----------------A-------A---------T-----------G-----C--GA----T--T--T--G--- Seq-20 9 33657935 33658034 100 80 -G----TA-----------------C---------G--------------A---------T-----------G-----C--GA-C--CA-T--T-CG--- Seq-20 14 84637760 84637859 100 81 -T---------------AG------C-----T----------------T-AC--G---G-----------A-------C--GA----C--T-----GG-- Seq-20 17 19503190 19503289 100 82 -T-----A--------T--------C----------G-------------AC------G---------G---------C--GA----CA----T--G--- Seq-20 17 22022653 22022752 100 83 ------------------------------------G-------------A---------------------------C-----------T-----G--- Seq-21 M 2001 2100 100 84 ACCGAGCCTGGTGATAGCTGGTTGTCCAAGATAGAATCTTAGTTCAACTTTAAATTTGCCCACAGAACCCTCTAAATCCCCTTGTAAATTTAACTGTTAG Seq-21 3 160665516 160665615 100 85 T--A-----------------------------------------------------A--T--------ACT---T------GTA--T--A-CTGT-AGT Seq-21 23 142519115 142519214 100 86 ---A---------------------------------TGA-A---------------A--T--------AC----TC-TAT-GT---G-----T------ Seq-22 M 2101 2200 100 87 TCCAAAGAGGAACAGCTCTTTGGACACTAGGAAAAAACCTTGTAGAGAGAGTAAAAAATTTAACACCCATAGTAGGCCTAAAAGCAGCCACCAATTAAGA Seq-22 17 22022852 22022951 100 88 --T-------G----------A-------------------------------------A----TT---A---T------G---A---G-T--------- Seq-23 M 2201 2300 100 89 AAGCGTTCAAGCTCAACACCCACTACCTAAAAAATCCCAAACATATAACTGAACTCCTCACACCCAATTGGACCAATCTATCACCCTATAGAAGAACTAA Seq-24 M 2301 2400 100 90 TGTTAGTATAAGTAACATGAAAACATTCTCCTCCGCATAAGCCTGCGTCAGATCAAAACACTGAACTGACAATTAACAGCCCAATATCTACAATCAACCA Seq-24 17 22023053 22023152 100 91 -------------G-----C------------------------A-A-----C-----T---TC--------------------------T--AT--T-- +++++++++++++++++++++++++ Seq-M M 2401 2500 100 92 ACAAGTCATTATTACCCTCACTGTCAACCCAACACAGGCATGCTCATAAGGAAAGGTTAAAAAAAGTAAAAGGAACTCGGCAAACCTTACCCCGCCTGTT Seq-M 6 62283999 62284098 100 93 -TG-AA-TG------T-CT-----T------------------C--C-------------------------------------T--------------- Seq-M 7 45291551 45291650 100 94 ----AC-GG-GC-----AT-----T-------------------T---------------------------------------T--------------- Seq-M 7 142374830 142374929 100 95 CA--T-T---------GAT-----T--T-----------------TA-G-A--G-T-A-------T------------------TT------T------- Seq-M 17 22023154 22023253 100 96 TG--AC-----------A------T-------------------T-C-------------------------------A--G--T--------T------ Seq-26 M 2501 2600 100 97 TACCAAAAACATCACCTCTAGCATCACCAGTATTAGAGGCACCGCCTGCCCAGTGACACATGTTTAACGGCCGCGGTACCCTAACCGTGCAAAGGTAGCA Seq-26 2 117780688 117780787 100 98 ------------------------T-A---------------T----A----------T-------------A-A---T---G--A-----C-------- Seq-26 3 40294719 40294818 100 99 ------------------------T-------------T---T---------------T-----C---A---------T---G----------------- Seq-26 4 117220823 117220922 100 100 ------------------------T------T------T---T--------G------T-----C-------AT----T---G----------------- Seq-26 6 62284099 62284198 100 101 ------------------------T---------------------------------T--------------T-------------------------- Seq-26 7 45291651 45291750 100 102 ------------------------T---------------------------------T-----G--T--------CTTT---CGTC-CT-GG--CT-TG Seq-26 8 32870812 32870911 100 103 ------------------------T-----------------T-----T---------T-----CG-T------A---T---G--T-------------- Seq-26 8 77114212 77114311 100 104 ------------------------T-----------------T----A---------TT-----C--T-----T----T---G----------------- Seq-26 9 5093284 5093383 100 105 ------------------------T-----------------T---------------T-----C----A--A-CA--T---G---T----------A-- Seq-26 9 33658532 33658631 100 106 ------------------------T-TT------------G-T---------------T-----C---A---A-A-------G-G--------------- Seq-26 10 20035756 20035855 100 107 ------------------------T----------A------T----T--------T-T-----C--T---T-T----T---G--T-------------- Seq-26 10 57359526 573596M 100 108 ----------------C-------TG-T--------------T------T--------T--------G--TT------T---G-A-T------------- Seq-26 14 84638370 84638469 100 109 ------------------------T-----------------T---------------T-----C-----TG-T----T---G---------G-TAGCAT Seq-26 17 19504108 19504207 100 110 ------------------------T-----------------T---------------T-----C---------A---T---G---A--T--G-TAGCAT Seq-26 17 22023254 22023353 100 111 --T---------------------T-------C----------A--------------T--------T---T-----------------T---------- Seq-26 23 62061037 62061136 100 112 -------------------GA---A--T--------------TA--------------T-A-------A---A-A---T---G---A---T--------- Seq-26 23 142519695 142519794 100 113 ------------------------T--T----CC-------AT----A---------GT--------G---T------T-T-G---A------------C Seq-27 M 2601 2700 100 114 TAATCACTTGTTCCTTAAATAGGGACCTGTATGAATGGCTCCACGAGGGTTCAGCTGTCTCTTACTTTTAACCAGTGAAATTGACCTGCCCGTGAAGAGG Seq-27 3 40294819 40294918 100 115 --------------C-----------T------------CAT-T--A------------------------T---------------ATT---------- Seq-27 4 117220923 117221022 100 116 -----G--------C-----------T-----------ACA---A--------------------------T---------------AT-T--------- Seq-27 6 62284199 62284298 100 117 -G------------------------T--------------G------T-------------------C-----C--C--C------------------- Seq-27 7 142375029 142375128 100 118 --------------------------T----------A-C---------------------------CC-----------C---------T--------- Seq-27 8 32870912 32871011 100 119 --------------C-----------T-A----------CA--T---------------------------T-------------G-AT--A----A--- Seq-27 9 33658632 33658731 100 120 --------------------------T----------------T-----------------------CC-----------C----------A----C--- Seq-27 10 57359626 573597M 100 121 --------------C---G-------T------------CA---C------T----------------C------------------A--TA-------- Seq-27 14 84638469 84638568 100 122 --------------C-----------T---------A--CA---A------G-------------------T---------------AT--A-------- Seq-27 17 22023354 22023453 100 123 --------------------------T---C-------------------------------------C------------------------------- Seq-27 23 62061137 62061236 100 124 ------T-------CA----G--A--T-CC---------CT---A------T-AT----------G-----T---------------AT-T---G----- Seq-27 23 142519795 142519894 100 125 ------G--T----CC-----------------------CA--A------CTGAT----------C----GT--A------------A---A-------- Seq-28 M 2701 2800 100 126 CGGGCATGACACAGCAAGACGAGAAGACCCTATGGAGCTTTAATTTATTAATGCAAACAGTACCTAACAAACCCACAGGTCCTAAACTACCAAACCTGCA Seq-28 6 62284299 62284398 100 127 ---A---A-T---A---------------A----------C------CC----------AC---C--T--G--------CT----C-------------- Seq-28 17 22023454 22023553 100 128 ---A---A-T---A------------------A---------------G----------AG---A--T-GG---G----C------------G------G Seq-29 M 2801 2900 100 129 TTAAAAATTTCGGTTGGGGCGACCTCGGAGCAGAACCCAACCTCCGAGCAGTACATGCTAAGACTTCACCAGTCAAAGCGAACTACTATACTCAATTGAT Seq-29 6 62284399 62284498 100 130 -------------C----------------T-T-----------------AC-T-----G-----------------A---GT---C-CGTA-------- Seq-29 17 22023554 22023653 100 131 -----C------------------------T-T----T------------AC-T-----G-----AT---------G-----TAT-C-C-TA-------C Seq-30 M 2901 3000 100 132 CCAATAACTTGACCAACGGAACAAGTTACCCTAGGGATAACAGCGCAATCCTATTCTAGAGTCCATATCAACAATAGGGTTTACGACCTCGATGTTGGAT Seq-30 2 117781085 117781184 100 133 -----G-T-C--T----A---T----------------------T-----------------T------G------------------------------ Seq-30 3 40295118 40295217 100 134 -------T----T--------T--------T--------G-----------C--------A--AG---TG-------A------A--------------- Seq-30 7 142375331 142375430 100 135 -------T----T-------------------------------------------------------TG------------------------------ Seq-30 8 32871202 32871301 100 136 -------T----T---T----T------TG-------------T-----------------------G-G---------A-G--T---------C--A-- Seq-30 9 33658934 33659033 100 137 -------T----T---------------------A----------------------------------G------------------------------ Seq-30 10 57360227 57360326 100 138 -------T-CT-T----A-G-T----G---------T---G--T---------------CA-------------C--------------T---------- Seq-30 13 57262611 57262710 100 139 -----------TT---G----T-------T--------------A------------------------G---------------------G-----T-- Seq-30 17 19504821 19504920 100 140 -------T----T--------T----------------------A-----------------T------G-G---------------G------------ Seq-30 17 22023654 22023753 100 141 -------T--------------------------T--------TA--------------G-----C---G---G---CA--A------------------ Seq-30 23 62061579 62061678 100 142 -A-G--GT----G---T------C------T--------G---TA---------------A---G-----G---------G--T---T-----A------ Seq-30 23 1425204M 142520524 100 143 -A----GT---------T--G---------------------A-A-G---------------------TG--T-------------T------------- Seq-31 M 3001 3100 100 144 CAGGACATCCCGATGGTGCAGCCGCTATTAAAGGTTCGTTTGTTCAACGATTAAAGTCCTACGTGATCTGAGTTCAGACCGGAGTAATCCAGGTCGGTTT Seq-31 2 117781185 117781284 100 145 ----------AA------T----A-------G----T--C-------A-------------T-----------------TA------------C------ Seq-31 4 93623185 93623284 100 146 ----------TA------T---T-----C--G----T----------T--------------A---------------------C----------A---- Seq-31 4 117221300 117221399 100 147 G---------TA------T------------G------------T----G-------T---T------------------T--------------A---- Seq-31 7 142375431 142375530 100 148 ----------TA------T---T-----C--G-----A---------T-----------------G------------------C--G-------T-G-A Seq-31 8 32871302 32871401 100 149 ---------TTA---C--G------------GA---T----------------------------------A--------A--A-----------A---C Seq-31 9 5093795 5093894 100 150 ----------TA------T------------G-----A---A-----T-------------T---------T--------A-------------T----- Seq-31 9 33659034 33659133 100 151 ----------TA------T---T---G-C--G-----------C---T------------------------------------C----------T-G-A Seq-31 10 57360328 57360427 100 152 GG-ACATC-TAA------T------------G--A--A---------T------------T-------------------A---C---------T----- Seq-31 14 84638867 84638966 100 153 ------G---TA------T--------A---G---------------T---C----------A--------------------------------A---- Seq-31 17 19504921 19505020 100 154 ----------TA-------------------G---------------T-----G-A------A---------------T--------------------- Seq-31 17 22023754 22023853 100 155 -----------A-----------------------------------------G-------T--------------------------------T----- Seq-31 24 8239395 8239494 100 156 A-------G-TA------T----AG------G-A---T--------GT--------------A----T------------A------C------------ Seq-32 M 3101 3200 100 157 CTATCTACTTCAAATTCCTCCCTGTACGAAAGGACAAGAGAAATAAGGCCTACTTCACAAAGCGCCTTCCCCCGTAAATGATATCATCTCAACTTAGTAT Seq-33 M 3201 3300 100 158 TATACCCACACCCACCCAAGAACAGGGTTTGTTAAGATGGCAGAGCCCGGTAATCGCATAAAACTTAAAACTTTACAGTCAGAGGTTCAATTCCTCTTCT Seq-33 2 117781387 117781486 100 159 C--CA-ACACA-T-TT--------A-----------------------A-C---T-------T------------T-A----------G-C--------- Seq-33 9 5093993 5094092 100 160 G-A-T-AC---A------------------C----------G-----T--C---A---------G------------A---A--------C---C----- Seq-33 17 22023955 22024054 100 161 -G------------------------------------------C---A-C---T--------T-------------AC-----------CC-------- Seq-34 M 3301 3400 100 162 TAACAACATACCCATGGCCAACCTCCTACTCCTCATTGTACCCATTCTAATCGCAATGGCATTCCTAATGCTTACCGAACGAAAAATTCTAGGCTATATA Seq-34 17 22024055 22024154 100 163 ---------GT----AA-T-----T-----T--T--------T--C--------C-----------C-----A--T---T-------C--------C--G Seq-35 M 3401 3500 100 164 CAACTACGCAAAGGCCCCAACGTTGTAGGCCCCTACGGGCTACTACAACCCTTCGCTGACGCCATAAAACTCTTCACCAAAGAGCCCCTAAAACCCGCCA Seq-35 4 93623586 93623685 100 165 ------T-------AT----TA--T----------T--A---T-T-----A--T-----T--A--------T-----T------A-----------T-AT Seq-35 8 32871692 32871791 100 166 ------T-------A--T---A-------T-----T-----G--T-----AG---T---T--A--------T-----------A---T---GG---T-A- Seq-35 17 22024155 22024254 100 167 --------------G-----TA-------------T--A---T-------T--T--C--T--------------T--------AT--T--------T-A- Seq-36 M 3501 3600 100 168 CATCTACCATCACCCTCTACATCACCGCCCCGACCTTAGCTCTCACCATCGCTCTTCTACTATGAACCCCCCTCCCCATACCCAACCCCCTGGTCAACCT Seq-36 17 22024255 22024354 100 169 -G--A--TG-T--------------T-----A--------C---T-T--T--C--------------T--------T-----T--------A--T--T-- Seq-37 M 3601 3700 100 170 CAACCTAGGCCTCCTATTTATTCTAGCCACCTCTAGCCTAGCCGTTTACTCAATCCTCTGATCAGGGTGAGCATCAAACTCAAACTACGCCCTGATCGGC Seq-37 9 5094368 5094467 100 171 T--TA--------T----------------A--A--------A--C--T--C--T--A--------A-A------C--T-----T--T-TA--------- Seq-37 17 19505863 19505962 100 172 T--TA----------------A--------A--A-----------C-----T--T--A--------A--------T--T-----T--T--A--A------ Seq-37 17 22024355 22024454 100 173 T---T-------T-----C-----G--T--A--C--------T--C-----T-----A--------A--------------------T------------ Seq-38 M 3701 3800 100 174 GCACTGCGAGCAGTAGCCCAAACAATCTCATATGAAGTCACCCTAGCCATCATTCTACTATCAACATTACTAATAAGTGGCTCCTTTAACCTCTCCACCC Seq-38 17 22024455 22024554 100 175 ---T-AT-------T-----------T-----C-----T--------T-----C---T----G-TCC--------------CAA--C--T----G----- Seq-39 M 3801 3900 100 176 TTATCACAACACAAGAACACCTCTGATTACTCCTGCCATCATGACCCTTGGCCATAATATGATTTATCTCCACACTAGCAGAGACCAACCGAACCCCCTT Seq-39 9 5094564 5094663 100 177 GC-------TG-C----TTA------CCG-----A--------------A------T----------T------------A-A--T------G----T-- Seq-39 15 35688444 35688543 100 178 ---------TG------TT------GCCG-----A-----------TC-------------------------G--G-----A--T----A-G----A-- Seq-39 17 19506063 19506162 100 179 -C---------------TT-------C-G-----A--------C-G-C-A-T--------A----------C----------A--T------G----T-- Seq-39 17 22024555 22024654 100 180 -C--T-G-------------------C-------AA-----------C-A--T--------------T--------------A-----T---G-TG-T-- Seq-40 M 3901 4000 100 181 CGACCTTGCCGAAGGGGAGTCCGAACTAGTCTCAGGCTTCAACATCGAATACGCCGCAGGCCCCTTCGCCCTATTCTTCATAGCCGAATACACAAACATT Seq-40 1 564450 564549 100 182 TC-G-AA-GTC--A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seq-40 17 22024655 22024754 100 183 T------A-T-----A--A--A-----------------------T-----T--T--------A--------------T-------------T---T--C *********************************** Seq-41 M 4001 4100 100 184 ATTATAATAAACACCCTCACCACTACAATCTTCCTAGGAACAACATATGACGCACTCTCCCCTGAACTCTACACAACATATTTTGTCACCAAGACCCTAC Seq-41 1 564550 564649 100 185 ------------------------------------------------A--------------------------------------------------- Seq-42 M 4101 4200 100 186 TTCTAACCTCCCTGTTCTTATGAATTCGAACAGCATACCCCCGATTCCGCTACGACCAACTCATACACCTCCTATGAAAAAACTTCCTACCACTCACCCT Seq-42 1 564650 564749 100 187 ----G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seq-42 2 131029682 131029781 100 188 -CT----------A--T-----------------T--T----A----T----T--TT----T-----T---T-------------T--------T--A-- Seq-42 7 57253751 57253850 100 189 -CT----------A--T----------A---------T-----T---G-----A-T-------C------------------T--T----T---T--A-- Seq-42 17 19506363 19506462 100 190 --------G-----A-T------------------------T--C-GT-----A-----------T-T--------------------------T-AA-- Seq-42 17 22024855 22024954 100 191 -C--------T--A--T--------C----------------------A------T--------GT-T---T----------T---T-----T-T--A-- Seq-43 M 4201 4300 100 192 AGCATTACTTATATGATATGTCTCCATACCCATTACAATCTCCAGCATTCCCCCTCAAACCTAAGAAATATGTCTGATAAAAGAGTTACTTTGATAGAGT Seq-43 1 564750 564849 100 193 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seq-43 2 131029782 131029881 100 194 ------CTG-G-------CA----A--------C-T------------C--A--C-----G-------C--------C------A---------C---A- Seq-43 7 57253851 57253950 100 195 ------CTG-------C--A----A--------CCT------------C--A-------TG---------C-G----C------A--------------- Seq-43 13 36639618 36639717 100 196 CTATA-TT-C---------A-T--A---T----C--------------C--A--C----TG----------------C------A--------------- Seq-43 17 22024955 22025054 100 197 ----C-------------CA----A---T--GC------T----A---------CT----T----------------C--------G------------- Seq-44 M 4301 4400 100 198 AAATAATAGGAGCTTAAACCCCCTTATTTCTAGGACTATGAGAATCGAACCCATCCCTGAGAATCCAAAATTCTCCGTGCCACCTATCACACCCCATCCT Seq-44 1 564850 564949 100 199 ------------T-----T--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seq-44 2 131029882 131029981 100 200 ---C--C--AG-T-G---T--T-A---------------AG----T------------------------------A---T------------A-G---- Seq-44 3 106620849 106620948 100 201 ----T----AG-T----GT--T-------G---A-T---AG----------T-C---------------------T----T-----AT-----A------ Seq-44 7 57253951 57254050 100 202 ---C--C--AG-A--TC-A--T-----------A-----AG----T-------C-------------------C--A---T------------A-G---- Seq-44 13 36639718 36639817 100 203 -----G---AG-T--------T-----C-----A-----AG----T-----T-A----------------------A---T----G-------A------ Seq-44 17 19506558 19506657 100 204 ---------AG-T-A---T--T-----------A-----AG----T-----T-C------T---------------A----------T-----A------ Seq-44 17 22025055 22025154 100 205 ---------AG-T--G--T--T--------------C--AG----T-----T-------------------------------G-G--------T----- Seq-45 M 4401 4500 100 206 AAAGTAAGGTCAGCTAAATAAGCTATCGGGCCCATACCCCGAAAATGTTGGTTATACCCTTCCCGTACTAATTAATCCCCTGGCCCAACCCGTCATCTAC Seq-45 1 564950 565049 100 207 --------------------------------------------------------T------------------------------------------- Seq-45 2 117782580 117782679 100 208 -G----------C--------A-C---A-A---------T--------------C---------A--------------T----T----TTA-T--TACT Seq-45 2 131029982 131030081 100 209 ---------------------------A--------T---A-------------C-T-------A----------C-TAT-A--T--G-TTA-------- Seq-45 7 57254051 57254150 100 210 --G------------------------A--------------------------------------C--------C--ATAA-GT----TTA-T--T-TA Seq-45 8 32872717 32872816 100 211 -G----------------------G-T-------------A-------------C---------A-GGC----------T-A--T----TT--T--T-C- Seq-45 10 20036681 20036780 100 212 -G--C---------------------------------T-AC------A-----C------------------------T-A--T----TTAGT--T-CT Seq-45 17 19506658 19506757 100 213 ----------------------------------------A-----------C-----------A-------------AT-A--TTGG--TTA-TAT-TT Seq-45 17 22025155 22025254 100 214 GG-------------------------A-----------A----------------T---------------C-----A-----------T--------- Seq-45 24 8240212 8240311 100 215 ---T-----------------------A---------A-TA---------------T-------AA-G----------AT-A-TT----TTA-T----C- Seq-46 M 4501 4600 100 216 TCTACCATCTTTGCAGGCACACTCATCACAGCGCTAAGCTCGCACTGATTTTTTACCTGAGTAGGCCTAGAAATAAACATGCTAGCTTTTATTCCAGTTC Seq-46 1 565050 565149 100 217 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seq-47 M 4601 4700 100 218 TAACCAAAAAAATAAACCCTCGTTCCACAGAAGCTGCCATCAAGTATTTCCTCACGCAAGCAACCGCATCCATAATCCTTCTAATAGCTATCCTCTTCAA Seq-47 1 565150 565249 100 219 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seq-47 17 22025355 22025454 100 220 ---TT--------------C--C--T------A----T-----A--C--T-----AT--------A----T--------CA---------------C---                                     $                            **************************** Seq-48 M 4701 4800 100 221 CAATATACTCTCCGGACAATGAACCATAACCAATACTACCAATCAATACTCATCATTAATAATCATAATGGCTATAGCAATAAAACTAGGAATAGCCCCC Seq-48 1 565250 565349 100 222 ------------------------------------C--------------------------------------------------------------- Seq-48 17 22025455 22025554 100 223 ----G---------------------C------C--C-----CA---------------------C--CA--CC---T---------------------T                                                                                            +++++++++ Seq-49 M 4801 4900 100 224 TTTCACTTCTGAGTCCCAGAGGTTACCCAAGGCACCCCTCTGACATCCGGCCTGCTTCTTCTCACATGACAAAAACTAGCCCCCATCTCAATCATATACC Seq-49 1 565350 565449 100 225 --------------------------------------------------------C------------------------------------------- Seq-49 1 50482956 50483055 100 226 ---------------------AGG--------A--TT----A-T---T---A-A-----C--T--------------------T-----G--T----TT- Seq-49 2 117782984 117783083 100 227 -----------------------A--------A-T-T--T-A-----T--TA-A---T-------------------------T-----G-----G-TT- Seq-49 2 131030381 131030480 100 228 --------------T-----A--A--------A--TT----A-----T---A-A-----C-----G------------A----T--T-----TCA--T-A Seq-49 8 32873109 32873208 100 229 ------------------C--T-A-------AA---T----A-TT--T---A-A-----C-----------------------T-----G--T--G-TT- Seq-49 9 5095554 5095653 100 230 ---------C----------A--A-----G--A--TT----A-TG--T---A-A-----C-----------------------T--------T----TT- Seq-49 17 22025555 22025654 100 231 --C-GT--------------A--C--T-----A--------A-T----A----A----CC---------------T-------T--T-----T-----T- +++++++++++++++                         $                 +++++++++++++++++++++++++          ******* Seq-50 M 4901 5000 100 232 AAATCTCTCCCTCACTAAACGTAAGCCTTCTCCTCACTCTCTCAATCTTATCCATCATAGCAGGCAGTTGAGGTGGATTAAACCAAACCCAGCTACGCAA Seq-50 1 565450 565549 100 233 ----T---------T-------------------------T-----------------G--------------------------------A-------- **********************                   $          ************************** Seq-51 M 5001 5100 100 234 AATCTTAGCATACTCCTCAATTACCCACATAGGATGAATAATAGCAGTTCTACCGTACAACCCTAACATAACCATTCTTAATTTAACTATTTATATTATC Seq-51 1 565550 565649 100 235 -----------------------------------------C---------------------------------------------------------- Seq-51 2 212642076 212642175 100 236 ----C----C-----------C--T--------T--------------A---ATT--TG----A-----T----C---A---C-G-T------CC----- Seq-51 17 22025749 22025848 100 237 ----C----------------C-----T-----C--------------A---G-A--------A-GT--C------T-C--CC---TC--C-----C--T *********************                          $                             ******************** Seq-52 M 5101 5200 100 238 CTAACTACTACCGCATTCCTACTACTCAACTTAAACTCCAGCACCACGACCCTACTACTATCTCGCACCTGAAACAAGCTAACATGACTAACACCCTTAA Seq-52 1 565650 565749 100 239 -----------------------------------------------A---------------------------------------------------- Seq-52 2 68487950 68488049 100 240 -----A-----T---------GC------TC-G--T--A--------AG-----T-------C-A-G----------A---------T---T-T--A--- Seq-52 17 22025849 22025948 100 241 -----A--C---A-------GG----------G-----T-----T--A-----------G-GC-----T-----T--A-----C-------T----C---                                                                                         ************ Seq-53 M 5201 5300 100 242 TTCCATCCACCCTCCTCTCCCTAGGAGGCCTGCCCCCGCTAACCGGCTTTTTGCCCAAATGGGCCATTATCGAAGAATTCACAAAAAACAATAGCCTCAT Seq-53 1 565750 565849 100 243 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seq-53 17 22025949 22026048 100 244 -C-----T-----A--A--A-----------T-----A-----T------C-A--------ATTT--C--T-----------------T--C-A------ ************        $                              $               ********************* Seq-54 M 5301 5400 100 245 CATCCCCACCATCATAGCCACCATCACCCTCCTTAACCTCTACTTCTACCTACGCCTAATCTACTCCACCTCAATCACACTACTCCCCATATCTAACAAC Seq-54 1 565850 565949 100 246 --------------------T------------------------------G-----------------------------------T------------ Seq-54 17 22026049 22026148 100 247 T--------T-C--------TT--T--T---T-------A--T--T---A-----T----------TG-T-----T------T----------C------ Seq-55 M 5401 5500 100 248 GTAAAAATAAAATGACAGTTTGAACATACAAAACCCACCCCATTCCTCCCCACACTCATCGCCCTTACCACGCTACTCCTACCTATCTCCCCTTTTATAC Seq-55 1 565950 566049 100 249 --------------------------C--------------------------------------------A--G-----------------------G- Seq-55 17 22026149 22026248 100 250 -----------------A------A--------T----A---C--T------------CT-T---------C--C--------A-----T--AC---C-- Seq-56 M 5501 5600 100 251 TAATAATCTTATAGAAATTTAGGTTAAATACAGACCAAGAGCCTTCAAAGCCCTCAGTAAGTTGCAATACTTAATTTCTGCAACAGCTAAGGACTGCAAA Seq-56 1 566050 566149 100 252 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seq-57 M 5601 5700 100 253 ACCCCACTCTGCATCAACTGAACGCAAATCAGCCACTTTAATTAAGCTAAGCCCTTACTAGACCAATGGGACTTAAACCCACAAACACTTAGTTAACAGC Seq-57 1 566150 566249 100 254 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seq-57 2 131031172 131031271 100 255 -TT-T------T-----T-------------AT-----------------------------TTG-----------------G----T---A-------A Seq-57 2 212642676 212642775 100 256 --T-T-T---------GT-----------A-A-------------------------------TGG---A-T-C---A----G--A-T-----------T Seq-57 7 57255247 57255346 100 257 --TGT-T----------T----T--------AT--------------------A-GG------TGT---------------TG--A-T----C-----C- Seq-57 8 134767787 134767886 100 258 --T-T-T----------T-----A------C-------------------------G-----TTCGCA-A-T-C-------TG-A-T------------- Seq-57 9 5096353 5096452 100 259 --T-T-T---------GT-------------A-------------------T----G-----T-GG---A-T-C-----------A-T------------ Seq-57 17 22026350 22026449 100 260 ----T---T------T----------------------------------------G-----T----------------------A-T--G--------- Seq-58 M 5701 5800 100 261 TAAGCACCCTAATCAACTGGCTTCAATCTACTTCTCCCGCCGCCGGGAAAAAAGGCGGGAGAAGCCCCGGCAGGTTTGAAGCTGCTTCTTCGAATTTGCA Seq-58 1 566250 566349 100 262 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *******************  $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$    ************************************************** Seq-59 M 5801 5900 100 263 ATTCAATATGAAAATCACCTCGGAGCTGGTAAAAAGAGGCCTAACCCCTGTCTTTAGATTTACAGTCCAATGCTTCACTCAGCCATTTTACCTCACCCCC Seq-59 1 566350 566449 100 264 ---------------------A------------------T----------------------------------------------------------- Seq-59 21 10492946 10493045 100 265 ---------------------A------------------T--------------------------------------------------------AGA Seq-60 M 5901 6000 100 266 ACTGATGTTCGCCGACCGTTGACTATTCTCTACAAACCACAAAGACATTGGAACACTATACCTATTATTCGGCGCATGAGCTGGAGTCCTAGGCACAGCT Seq-60 1 566450 566549 100 267 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seq-60 17 22026634 22026733 100 268 ---A---------A----C-----------A-----T--T-----T--C-----------TT----G--T--T---------------T-G--------C Seq-61 M 6001 6100 100 269 CTAAGCCTCCTTATTCGAGCCGAGCTGGGCCAGCCAGGCAACCTTCTAGGTAACGACCACATCTACAACGTTATCGTCACAGCCCATGCATTTGTAATAA Seq-61 1 566550 566649 100 270 -----------------------A---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seq-61 17 22026734 22026833 100 271 T---------------AGA-T--A--A--T--A--T-----------------------------------C--------------CA----CT-C---- Seq-62 M 6101 6200 100 272 TCTTCTTCATAGTAATACCCATCATAATCGGAGGCTTTGGCAACTGACTAGTTCCCCTAATAATCGGTGCCCCCGATATGGCGTTTCCCCGCATAAACAA Seq-62 1 566650 566749 100 273 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seq-62 8 134768284 134768383 100 274 -------T--G--------A--------T--G--T--C-------AG-----C--T--------T-----A-----------A--C-----G-----TT- Seq-62 17 19508954 19509053 100 275 -A-----T--G--------A--------T-----T--C--------G-----C--T--------T-----A---------A-A------T-G-----T-- Seq-62 17 22026834 22026933 100 276 ----T-----------GT-T--------T-----T--------T-----G--C-----G-----T--C-----T--C-----A------T--G----T-- ++++++++++++++++++++++                    $                       +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Seq-63 M 6201 6300 100 277 CATAAGCTTCTGACTCTTACCTCCCTCTCTCCTACTCCTGCTCGCATCTGCTATAGTGGAGGCCGGAGCAGGAACAGGTTGAACAGTCTACCCTCCCTTA Seq-63 1 566750 566849 100 278 ---------------------C--------------------T-----------------------C--------------------------------G *********************************************************         $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Seq-64 M 6301 6400 100 279 GCAGGGAACTACTCCCACCCTGGAGCCTCCGTAGACCTAACCATCTTCTCCTTACACCTAGCAGGTGTCTCCTCTATCTTAGGGGCCATCAATTTCATCA Seq-64 1 566850 566949 100 280 ------------------------------------------------------------------A----------------A---------------- Seq-64 17 22027034 22027133 100 281 -----A-----T-----T--A-AG-----T--------------T------C-T--T--------------------TC----A--T--T---------- Seq-65 M 6401 6500 100 282 CAACAATTATCAATATAAAACCCCCTGCCATAACCCAATACCAAACGCCCCTCTTCGTCTGATCCGTCCTAATCACAGCAGTCCTACTTCTCCTATCTCT Seq-65 1 566950 567049 100 283 ----------T-----------------------------------------T------------------------------T---------------- Seq-65 1 142791954 142792053 100 284 -C------G-T--------------A-----GT-------T--C--A---------A------TA--------T--------T--T--A-----T-G--- Seq-65 1 143344026 1433441M 100 285 -C------G-T--------------A-----GT-------T--C--A---------A------TA--------T--------T--T--A-----T-G--- Seq-65 17 22027134 22027233 100 286 -C--------T--C------------------TAT--------------------T--------T-----------G-----------C-----C--C-- Seq-65 21 9734872 9734971 100 287 -C------G-T--------------A-----GT-------T--C--A---------A------TA--------T--------T--T--A-----T-G--- Seq-65 24 13289499 13289598 100 288 -C------G-T--------------A-----GT-------T--C--A---------A---A--TA--------T--------T--T--A-----T-G--- +++++++++++++                              $                         +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Seq-66 M 6501 6600 100 289 CCCAGTCCTAGCTGCTGGCATCACTATACTACTAACAGACCGCAACCTCAACACCACCTTCTTCGACCCCGCCGGAGGAGGAGACCCCATTCTATACCAA Seq-66 1 567050 567149 100 290 ------------C-----------------------------T--------------------------A------------------------------ Seq-67 M 6601 6700 100 291 CACCTATTCTGATTTTTCGGTCACCCTGAAGTTTATATTCTTATCCTACCAGGCTTCGGAATAATCTCCCATATTGTAACTTACTACTCCGGAAAAAAAG Seq-67 1 567150 567249 100 292 -----------------------------------------C--------------------------------------------------G------A Seq-67 7 57256299 57256398 100 293 ---T----------C-CT--------C-----C-G---CT-C---------------A-G-----T--------CAC---A--------T---------- Seq-67 9 5097351 5097450 100 294 --TT----------C--T--------------------C-----T---T-------T--G--G---------G-C--G--G--T-----T--------G- Seq-67 17 22027333 22027432 100 295 --------T-----C--T--------------C--------C--------------T--------T--T--C--C---C-A--T--T--------G---- Seq-67 23 15745953 15746052 100 296 --TT-------------T--------CA----C-----C--------------T--------------------------A--T--T-----G-G--CTC Seq-67 23 125605734 125605833 100 297 -----------------T--C-----C--------------------G-----------------T---------------------------------- Seq-68 M 6701 6800 100 298 AACCATTTGGATACATAGGTATGGTCTGAGCTATGATATCAATTGGCTTCCTAGGGTTTATCGTGTGAGCACACCATATATTTACAGTAGGAATAGACGT Seq-68 1 567251 567350 100 299 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seq-68 2 131032284 131032383 100 300 ----------G--T--G--C--A--A-----C--A---------------T-------------A--G--C-----C--------------------T-- Seq-68 2 167271100 167271199 100 301 ----------G-----G--C--------G-----A------G----------G--A--C--T--------T--------G--C-----G---------A- Seq-68 3 171252207 171252306 100 302 -CGGG--C-----T--G-A---A--------C--------------T--------A-----T--A--G--C----CC----------------------- Seq-68 7 57256399 57256498 100 303 -G--------G-----G--C--A--G-----C--A---------------T----------T--A--G--T-----C----------------C-T-T-- Seq-68 8 104102235 104102334 100 304 ----------T--T-----A-----G-----CG------T------T--T-----C------A-A--G--T--T-G----------A----G------A- Seq-68 9 5097451 5097550 100 305 -G--------G--T--G--C--A--A-----C--A-----T---------T----------T--A----------------------------C----A- Seq-68 11 73221764 73221863 100 306 -------------T-----------------------------------------------T--------------------------------G----- Seq-68 12 40680151 40680250 100 307 ----------G--T--G-----A--G-A---C--AG-----G---C----T-G---------A-A--G-TC-----C--------------------T-- Seq-68 17 22027433 22027532 100 308 -------C--G-----------------G-----A--------------------------T--A-----C--T--------C--------G-----T-- Seq-68 23 125605834 125605933 100 309 -------C-----T--------------------A-----------T---T----------T--------------------------------G----- Seq-69 M 6801 6900 100 310 AGACACACGAGCATATTTCACCTCCGCTACCATAATCATCGCTATCCCCACCGGCGTCAAAGTATTTAGCTGACTCGCCACACTCCACGGAAGCAATATG Seq-69 1 567351 567450 100 311 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seq-69 2 131032384 131032483 100 312 ---T---T----------------T-----T-----T--T-----T--T--T--T--------C--------G--A--T-----T---A-C--T-G---C Seq-69 3 171252307 171252406 100 313 ---T--------C--C--------------T-----T-----C--T-----T-----------------T--G-----T--G-----------T--C-CC Seq-69 17 51183076 51183175 100 314 CTCATTGA-CTGC-GGGA---------------------------T--------------------------------T--------------------- Seq-69 23 125605934 125606033 100 315 ------------C--------------------------------T------A-------------------------T------T-------------- Seq-70 M 6901 7000 100 316 AAATGATCTGCTGCAGTGCTCTGAGCCCTAGGATTCATCTTTCTTTTCACCGTAGGTGGCCTGACTGGCATTGTATTAGCAAACTCATCACTAGACATCG Seq-70 1 567451 567550 100 317 -----------------------------------T--T------------------------------------------------------------- Seq-70 9 5097657 5097756 100 318 ---------C-C---A--T-------------------------------A-----A--T--A-T----------C----T--T-----------T--TA Seq-70 17 22027633 22027732 100 319 -----G--CA-C-----A-----------------------C-----T--A--G--------A--G-A-------C--------------T--------- Seq-70 17 51183176 51183275 100 32 0 --------------G--------------G--------T-----C-----T-----C-----A------------------------------------- Seq-70 23 125606034 125606133 100 321 --G--------------A--------------G-----T-----C-----T-----------A--C---------C--------------T--------- Seq-71 M 7001 7100 100 322 TACTACACGACACGTACTACGTTGTAGCTCACTTCCACTATGTCCTATCAATAGGAGCTGTATTTGCCATCATAGGAGGCTTCATTCACTGATTTCCCCT Seq-71 1 567551 567650 100 323 ----------------------------C----------------------------------------------------------------------- Seq-71 2 203478989 203479088 100 324 -CT----------A--T--T-------GC--T-----------------------C--G-----------------------TG-C--------C----C Seq-71 2 212644050 212644149 100 325 CCT----T-----A--T--T--------C--T--------------------------A---C-C-----T-----------TG-C--------CT--T- Seq-71 7 57256697 57256796 100 326 -TT----T-----A--T--T--------C--T-----T--A---T-------------C--------T--T-----------TG-C--------C----- Seq-71 17 22027733 22027832 100 327 -------T--T--A--T--T-----G--C-----T-----C--T-----------------G--CA-------G--G--------C------------T- Seq-71 17 51183276 51183375 100 328 -------------A--------C-----C-----------C-----------------------C-----------G----------------------- Seq-71 23 125606134 125606233 100 329 -------------A--------C--------------T--C-----------------------C-------C------T--------------------         ***********************               $                        *********************** Seq-72 M 7101 7200 100 330 ATTCTCAGGCTACACCCTAGACCAAACCTACGCCAAAATCCATTTCACTATCATATTCATCGGCGTAAATCTAACTTTCTTCCCACAACACTTTCTCGGC Seq-72 1 567651 567750 100 331 ----------------------------------------------G----------------------------------------------------- Seq-72 17 22027833 22027932 100 332 ---------------A--C-G----G-T--T--------T--C--TG-C--------TG-A--------------C--------G--G------------ Seq-72 17 51183376 51183475 100 333 ---------------------------------T------------G----------------------C--------------------------T--- Seq-73 M 7201 7300 100 334 CTATCCGGAATGCCCCGACGTTACTCGGACTACCCCGATGCATACACCACATGAAACATCCTATCATCTGTAGGCTCATTCATTTCTCTAACAGCAGTAA Seq-73 1 567751 567850 100 335 --------------------------------T-----------------------T------------------------------------------- Seq-73 3 120440919 120441018 100 336 T----T-----A------T----T--T-----------C-----T-----G-----T--TT----------------------C--CT------------ Seq-73 7 57256899 57256998 100 337 --------T-----T---T-------CA-T--T-------T---------------T--TA-T-----CAG---------T-----C------------- Seq-73 7 67562742 67562841 100 338 ------A-T-----TT----------C--T--T--T--------------------T--TA-C-----------------T--C--A-----------T- Seq-73 17 22027933 22028032 100 339 -----T-AG---T-----T----T--C-----------------T------G----T--TT----------------------C--C----A-------G Seq-73 17 51183476 51183575 100 340 -----T-----A--------------------------------------------T-----------------------------C------------- Seq-73 23 125606333 125606432 100 341 -----T-----A--------------------------------------------T-----------------------------C------------- Seq-74 M 7301 7400 100 342 TATTAATAATTTTCATGATTTGAGAAGCCTTCGCTTCGAAGCGAAAAGTCCTAATAGTAGAAGAACCCTCCATAAACCTGGAGTGACTATATGGATGCCC Seq-74 1 567851 567950 100 343 ----------------A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seq-74 17 22028033 22028132 100 344 -GC-------------A-CC-----GA----------A------------------AAT--GC----T----CT-----A-----G--G--G-------- Seq-74 17 51183576 51183675 100 345 -------------------------------------A------------------A-----------------------------------------G- Seq-75 M 7401 7500 100 346 CCCACCCTACCACACATTCGAAGAACCCGTATACATAAAATCTAGACAAAAAAGGAAGGAATCGAACCCCCCAAAGCTGGTTTCAAGCCAACCCCATGGC Seq-75 1 567951 568050 100 347 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seq-75 3 120441119 120441218 100 348 T-----------T--G--T--------A--C---------C------G---------------C-------T---A-----------------T---AA- Seq-75 17 22028133 22028232 100 349 T-----------T-----TA-------A--C---------C---------------------T-----T--T--G---------------G--T---AA- Seq-76 M 7501 7600 100 350 CTCCATGACTTTTTCAAAAAGGTATTAGAAAAACCATTTCATAACTTTGTCAAAGTTAAATTATAGGCTAAATCCTATATATCTTAATGGCACATGCAGC Seq-76 1 568051 568150 100 351 ---------------------A------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Seq-76 2 131033079 131033178 100 352 ---TG----C--C----T---A------TG---TT------------------------G-------T---GC-G----------------C---A---T Seq-76 3 120441219 120441318 100 353 ---T-------------C---A-----------TT------------------------G---C---T---G---C------------------C----- Seq-76 7 57257199 57257298 100 354 ---T-CA-G---C--G-T---A------T----TT------------------------G-------T---GC------------------C---C---T Seq-76 9 5098255 5098354 100 355 ---TG-------C--G-T---A------C---TT----A-G------------------G--------------------G----------T---C---T Seq-76 11 39788483 39788582 100 356 ---T------C-C--G-T---A------T----TT---AT-------------------T-------T--------G---G----------T---C---T Seq-76 13 97349967 97350066 100 357 ---T-----------G-T---A------T----TT-----C--------C---------G-----A-T----C---G--------------C---C---- Seq-76 17 22028233 22028332 100 358 -C-T-------------C---A------G-----T------------C-----------G---C---T----C--CG-----------------C----- *************************                         $                           ********************** Seq-77 M 7601 7700 100 359 GCAAGTAGGTCTACAAGACGCTACTTCCCCTATCATAGAAGAGCTTATCACCTTTCATGATCACGCCCTCATAATCATTTTCCTTATCTGCTTCCTAGTC Seq-77 1 568151 568250 100 360 --------------------------------------------------T------------------------------------------------- Seq-77 3 120441319 120441418 100 361 C---C----C--T-----T--C--A--------A-C---------A---G----C------------A-T--------C-----AT--A----------T Seq-77 17 22028333 22028432 100 362 C--GC-------T--------C--A--------------------A---G----C-----------------------C--T------A----T-----T Seq-78 M 7701 7800 100 363 CTGTATGCCCTTTTCCTAACACTCACAACAAAACTAACTAATACTAACATCTCAGACGCTCAGGAAATAGAAACCGTCTGAACTATCCTGCCCGCCATCA Seq-78 1 568251 568350 100 364 -----C----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------                                                                       ********************* Seq-79 M 7801 7900 100 365 TCCTAGTCCTCATCGCCCTCCCATCCCTACGCATCCTTTACATAACAGACGAGGTCAACGATCCCTCCCTTACCATCAAATCAATTGGCCACCAATGGTA Seq-79 1 568351 568450 100 366 ----------T---------------------------------------------------------T----------------------T-------- Seq-79 17 22028529 22028628 100 367 ----------A--T-----T-----------T-----G---G-------T--AA----T--C--T--TT-------T--------C--A--------A--             $       *********************** Seq-80 M 7901 8000 100 368 CTGAACCTACGAGTACACCGACTACGGCGGACTAATCTTCAACTCCTACATACTTCCCCCATTATTCCTAGAACCAGGCGACCTGCGACTCCTTGACGTT Seq-80 1 568451 568550 100 369 ------------A--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seq-80 17 22028629 22028728 100 370 ---------T--A------A-T--T--A---T----T--------T--T--------A---C-----T----C---A-T-----T-----T---A-A--- Seq-81 M 8001 8100 100 371 GACAATCGAGTAGTACTCCCGATTGAAGCCCCCATTCGTATAATAATTACATCACAAGACGTCTTGCACTCATGAGCTGTCCCCACATTAGGCTTAAAAA Seq-81 1 568551 568650 100 372 ---------------------G-------------------------------------------A---------------------------------- Seq-81 17 22028729 22028828 100 373 --T-----------C--T--A-----------TG---A-------------------------C-A---------A------------------------ Seq-82 M 8101 8200 100 374 CAGATGCAATTCCCGGACGTCTAAACCAAACCACTTTCACCGCTACACGACCGGGGGTATACTACGGTCAATGCTCTGAAATCTGTGGAGCAAACCACAG Seq-82 1 568651 568750 100 375 ----------------------------------------T-----------A--------------C-----------------------------GTT Seq-82 1 8969862 8969961 100 376 ----------C--------C--------------A--------C--------A--A-----------------G--A--------CA----T-G------ Seq-82 17 22028829 22028928 100 377 ------T---C--------C--------------A--------C-T------A--A--------------------A--------C-----TG----T-- Seq-83 M 8201 8300 100 378 TTTCATGCCCATCGTCCTAGAATTAATTCCCCTAAAAATCTTTGAAATAGGGCCCGTATTTACCCTATAGCACCCCCTCTACCCCCTCTAGAGCCCACTG Seq-83 1 568749 568848 100 379 ---T------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------                                                                *************************** Seq-84 M 8301 8400 100 380 TAAAGCTAACTTAGCATTAACCTTTTAAGTTAAAGATTAAGAGAACCAACACCTCTTTACAGTGAAATGCCCCAACTAAATACTACCGTATGGCCCACCA Seq-84 1 568849 568948 100 381 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A------- Seq-84 2 88124395 88124494 100 382 CCGCCGCCG-CGCA-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seq-84 17 22029031 22029130 100 383 --G----G--CC------------------------C--------T-GCT-T-------------C-----T------G-C--C---A----A-----T-                                                        $$$$$$$              ************************ Seq-85 M 8401 8500 100 384 TAATTACCCCCATACTCCTTACACTATTCCTCATCACCCAACTAAAAATATTAAACACAAACTACCACCTACCTCCCTCACCAAAGCCCATAAAAATAAA Seq-85 1 568949 569048 100 385 -------------------------------------------------------T-----T-------------------------------------- Seq-85 2 88124495 88124594 100 386 -----G----------T--------------------T--G--------------T-----T-----T-----C-------------------------- Seq-86 M 8501 8600 100 387 AAATTATAACAAACCCTGAGAACCAAAATGAACGAAAATCTGTTCGCTTCATTCATTGCCCCCACAATCCTAGGCCTACCCGCCGCAGTACTGATCATTC Seq-86 1 569049 569148 100 388 ---C-----------------------------------------A------------------------------------------------------ Seq-86 2 88124595 88124694 100 389 ---C----GT-----------------G----------------------------------------------T--G---------------------- Seq-86 2 131034053 131034152 100 390 ---AC-------C--T-------T---------A-----------A-C-----T--C-----A-----------GT-----A-A----C---A-----CT Seq-86 6 92436501 92436600 100 391 ----C-C--T-----------G-----------------T-A---A-----------A----------T-----------T--T-------CA-----C- Seq-86 7 57234880 57234979 100 392 ---AC-------C--T---C---T------------------C--A-C-----T-C------G--------C--TT-------A----C---A-----CT Seq-86 17 22029231 22029330 100 393 ---CC-C--T--T--T-T---GT---------------------TA----------------------T--------T--A--T-----G-CA---G--- Seq-87 M 8601 8700 100 394 TATTTCCCCCTCTATTGATCCCCACCTCCAAATATCTCATCAACAACCGACTAATCACCACCCAACAATGACTAATCAAACTAACCTCAAAACAAATGAT Seq-87 1 569149 569248 100 395 -------------------------------------------------------T---------------------C---------------------- Seq-87 2 88124695 88124794 100 396 ----------------------------------C--------------------T---------------------C---------------------- Seq-87 6 92436601 92436700 100 397 ----------CT--C--G-T--A-TT--------C------------T----------T------------------C----C-T--T---------A-- Seq-88 M 8701 8800 100 398 AGCCATACACAACACTAAAGGACGAACCTGATCTCTTATACTAGTATCCTTAATCATTTTTATTGCCACAACTAACCTCCTCGGACTCCTGCCTCACTCA Seq-88 1 569249 569348 100 399 ------------------G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seq-88 2 88124795 88124894 100 400 ---------------------G-----------------------------------------------------T--T-----G-----A-GC-GAGGC Seq-88 8 20408741 20408840 100 401 -ATG-----T----T---G-----------G--C---------A-C---C----T---------------G----T-----T------T-A--C------ Seq-88 17 22029431 22029530 100 402 -A-A---A-T----T------------------C--C--G---A-----C----T--C--C-----T-----C--T--------G---T----C------ Seq-89 M 8801 8900 100 403 TTTACACCAACCACCCAACTATCTATAAACCTAGCCATGGCCATCCCCTTATGAGCGGGCGCAGTGATTATAGGCTTTCGCTCTAAGATTAAAAATGCCC Seq-89 1 569349 569448 100 404 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seq-89 2 131034350 131034449 100 405 -----------T-------C---A-----T-----T-CA--A--------------A---A----A--C-C------C----T---A-C------CT--T Seq-90 M 8901 9000 100 406 TAGCCCACTTCTTACCACAAGGCACACCTACACCCCTTATCCCCATACTAGTTATTATCGAAACCATCAGCCTACTCATTCAACCAATAGCCCTGGCCGT Seq-90 1 569449 569548 100 407 -------------------------------------------T-------------------------------------------------------- Seq-90 2 203480860 203480959 100 408 ----T-----T-------------------T---A--------T--G-----G--C--T-----T--T------T-----T-------G--A-CA--T-- Seq-90 7 57235280 57235379 100 409 ----T------C----------------C-T--TA----C---T--------A--C---A------CT--T-----T-----------G--A--A--T-- Seq-90 9 5099929 5100028 100 410 -G--TGG---T-------------------TG--A--------T--------A--C--T--------T------T-T--------------AT-A--T-- Seq-90 17 22029630 22029729 100 411 -------TC----G--------------CT-------C--T---------A--------C--------------T-T--C--------------A---A- ************************************************            $                 ********************** Seq-91 M 9001 9100 100 412 ACGCCTAACCGCTAACATTACTGCAGGCCACCTACTCATGCACCTAATTGGAAGCGCCACCCTAGCAATATCAACCATTAACCTTCCCTCTACACTTATC Seq-91 1 569549 569648 100 413 ------------------------------------------------------------A--------------T------------------------ Seq-92 M 9101 9200 100 414 ATCTTCACAATTCTAATTCTACTGACTATCCTAGAAATCGCTGTCGCCTTAATCCAAGCCTACGTTTTCACACTTCTAGTAAGCCTCTACCTGCACGACA Seq-92 1 569649 569748 100 415 --------------------------------------------------------------------T------------------------------- Seq-92 17 22029830 22029929 100 416 ------------T-G---T-------G--T--C---------------C-G--T-T------T-----------C-----G-----------A--T---- Seq-93 M 9201 9300 100 417 ACACATAATGACCCACCAATCACATGCCTATCATATAGTAAAACCCAGCCCATGACCCCTAACAGGGGCCCTCTCAGCCCTCCTAATGACCTCCGGCCTA Seq-93 1 569749 569848 100 418 ------------------------------------------------------G--------------------------------------------- Seq-93 2 120969296 120969395 100 419 -------------------A----------C-G------C-----------C----GA--G-----A--T--------T--------A--A--T-----G Seq-93 2 131034750 131034849 100 420 -T-----------------A----CA--------T----C-----------T-----AT----------T--------T--------A--A----C---- Seq-93 2 203481159 203481258 100 421 ----------------T-TA----------C--------C-----------C-----A--------A--T------T-T--------A--A--T-----G Seq-93 3 72632514 72632613 100 422 -T-----------------A----C-----C--C-----T--G--------T--G--AT-------A--T-----------------A--A--T------ Seq-93 9 5100229 5100328 100 423 -------------------A-------T-GC--------C-----------C-----A-------AA--T--------T--A-----A--A--T-----G Seq-93 9 94871288 94871387 100 424 -T----------------GA----------C----G---TGT---T-----T-----A--------A--T-----G--T--------A--A--T------ Seq-93 17 22029930 22030029 100 425 -T--------G-T--------------------C-----------------------T--------------T-----------------A---------        +++++++++++++++++++++++     ***************************               $           *********** Seq-94 M 9301 9400 100 426 GCCATGTGATTTCACTTCCACTCCATAACGCTCCTCATACTAGGCCTACTAACCAACACACTAACCATATACCAATGGTGGCGCGATGTAACACGAGAAA Seq-94 1 569849 569948 100 427 -------------------------C---C-----------------------------------------------A---------------------- ************************          ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Seq-95 M 9401 9500 100 428 GCACATACCAAGGCCACCACACACCACCTGTCCAAAAAGGCCTTCGATACGGGATAATCCTATTTATTACCTCAGAAGTTTTTTTCTTCGCAGGATTTTT Seq-95 1 569949 570048 100 429 ----------------------------------G----------------------------------------------------------------- Seq-95 2 120969496 120969595 100 430 -T----TT-----------T---A--GT---------------C-A---G--A-----T----------T-------A-A--C-----T--T--T--C-- Seq-95 6 153988650 153988749 100 431 ------T------------T---T--ATC---------------------A-A------T----CG---TT-----G--G-----T-C---T--C--C-- Seq-95 7 57235773 57235872 100 432 -T----TT-----------T---A--AT-------------A-CT----T--A---G-A----------T---------A--------T--T-------- Seq-95 13 24340119 24340218 100 433 -T----TT----A----------A--A-CA-------------CT----T--A-----------C----TT--------A-----------C-----C-- Seq-95 17 22030130 22030229 100 434 -T----------A----------GT---C----------T------G--T--A-----TT----C--C-T---------C-----------T-----C-- Seq-95 17 61470777 61470876 100 435 -T----------------G----AT------------------C-A------A-----GT-C--C----TT--------C-----------T-----C-- Seq-96 M 9501 9600 100 436 CTGAGCCTTTTACCACTCCAGCCTAGCCCCTACCCCCCAACTAGGAGGGCACTGGCCCCCAACAGGCATCACCCCGCTAAATCCCCTAGAAGTCCCACTC Seq-96 1 570049 570148 100 437 ---------------------------T--C--------------G--A--------------------------------------------------- Seq-96 17 22030230 22030329 100 438 ------A--C--------------------C-----T-----------A-----A-----------------T--A--C--C------------------ ************                 $                 ******************** Seq-97 M 9601 9700 100 439 CTAAACACATCCGTATTACTCGCATCAGGAGTATCAATCACCTGAGCTCACCATAGTCTAATAGAAAACAACCGAAACCAAATAATTCAAGCACTGCTTA Seq-97 1 570149 570248 100 440 -----------------------------G---------------------------------------------------------------------- Seq-97 2 131035150 131035249 100 441 --G--------T--------T--------G--T-----T--T-----C--T--C--CA----------T--T-----A---G-------------A---T Seq-97 7 57235973 57236072 100 442 -CG--T-----T--------T--------G--T-----T--------C--T--C--C-----------T--T-----A-----------------A---- Seq-97 7 57259246 57259345 100 443 -CG--T-----T--------T--------G--T-----T--------C--T--C--C-----------T--T-----A-----------------A---- Seq-97 17 22030330 22030429 100 444 -----------T---C----------G-----T-----T--T--------------C--------G-----TT-T--T---GC------------A---- Seq-98 M 9701 9800 100 445 TTACAATTTTACTGGGTCTCTATTTTACCCTCCTACAAGCCTCAGAGTACTTCGAGTCTCCCTTCACCATTTCCGACGGCATCTACGGCTCAACATTTTT Seq-99 M 9801 9900 100 446 TGTAGCCACAGGCTTCCACGGACTTCACGTCATTATTGGCTCAACTTTCCTCACTATCTGCTTCATCCGCCAACTAATATTTCACTTTACATCCAAACAT Seq-99 2 95567160 95567259 100 447 -A----T--------T---A-------T-----------A----TA---------G-----C-TC--------T---A--AC-----------T-GT--- Seq-99 2 120970252 120970351 100 448 -A---T------T--T-----------T--T-----CA-A-----A--T------------C--C------C-T---A---C--------------C--C Seq-99 2 131035350 131035449 100 449 -A----T--------TT-T---------A----------A-----------T---------C-TC--T-----T---A--AC-------------GC--- Seq-99 2 203481748 203481847 100 450 -AC------------T--T---T----T--T--------A-----A--T------------C--C---A----T---A---C----C---------T--C Seq-99 15 58442575 58442674 100 451 -A-------------T--T---------A--------C-G-----A--T------------C--C--T---------A---------------T--C--C Seq-99 17 22030530 22030629 100 452 ------T--G-----------G--C-C------C-----T-----A-----T---G-T---C-T------------T---A---T-----------GT-C Seq-100 M 9901 10000 100 453 CACTTTGGCTTCGAAGCCGCCGCCTGATACTGGCATTTTGTAGATGTGGTTTGACTATTTCTGTATGTCTCCATCTATTGATGAGGGTCTTACTCTTTTA Seq-100 1 143245677 143245776 100 454 -------C---T------A-T--------TCAA--C-----------A--A--------CT-------T--T--T-----------A------------- Seq-100 2 95567260 95567359 100 455 -------C---T----GT--T--------T--A--C--CA-------A--A--------CT-------T--T--T-----------A------------- Seq-100 2 120970352 120970451 100 456 -----------T--------T--------T--A--C--CA-------A--AG-------CT-A--C-----TT----C--------A--C---------- Seq-100 2 131035450 131035549 100 457 --T--------T------A----------T--A--C-A---------A--A--------CTCA---A-T--T-----C---------------------- Seq-100 2 203481848 203481947 100 458 -------C---T----TT------G----T--A--C-----------A--A--------CT-A--------T-----------------C---------- Seq-100 4 49248466 49248565 100 459 -------C---T--------T--------TC-A--C-----------A--A--------CT-------T--T--T-----------A------------- Seq-100 6 143398978 143399077 100 460 -----------T---------A-T-A---T-AA--C--G--------A--A--------CT-A--------T-----C--------A--C-----C---- Seq-100 6 153989150 153989249 100 461 T-T----AA--T------A-T-----G--------C--------CA-A--A--T-----C--A-----T--T--------------A------------- Seq-100 7 57236273 57236372 100 462 -----------T----A----A-------T--A--C-----------A--A--------CT-----A-T--T--T--C--------A------------- Seq-100 7 57259547 57259646 100 463 -----------T-------TG--------T--A--C-----------A--A--------CT-C---A-T--T--T--C--------A------------- Seq-100 9 5107065 5107164 100 464 -----------T------A-T-------GT--A--C-----------A--A--------CT-A--------T-----C--------A--C---------- Seq-100 11 81262696 81262795 100 465 -------A---T---------A-------T-A--GC--C-C------A--A---------T-A--CA----TG----C-----------C---------- Seq-100 15 58442675 58442774 100 466 -----------T--------T--------T--A--C--CA-----A-A--AA-------CT-A--------T-----C--------A--C---------- Seq-100 17 22030630 22030729 100 467 -----C--------------T--T--------A--C-----------A-----------C--A--------T-----C--G-----A------------- ++++++++++++++++++                   $$$$$$$$$$$$                +++++++++++++++++++ Seq-101 M 10001 10100 100 468 GTATAAATAGTACCGTTAACTTCCAATTAACTAGTTTTGACAACATTCAAAAAAGAGTAATAAACTTCGCCTTAATTTTAATAATCAACACCCTCCTAGC Seq-101 17 22030730 22030829 100 469 -----G-C------AC-G-------------------C--T----C--G----------------C-G--AC--GCCC---C-G-------------G-- Seq-102 M 10101 10200 100 470 CTTACTACTAATAATTATTACATTTTGACTACCACAACTCAACGGCTACATAGAAAAATCCACCCCTTACGAGTGCGGCTTCGACCCTATATCCCCCGCC +++++++++                    $$$$                                      +++++++++++++++++++++++++ Seq-103 M 10201 10300 100 471 CGCGTCCCTTTCTCCATAAAATTCTTCTTAGTAGCTATTACCTTCTTATTATTTGATCTAGAAATTGCCCTCCTTTTACCCCTACCATGAGCCCTACAAA Seq-103 17 22030929 22031028 100 472 ---A-T--C--------------------GA-T-----C-----T-------C---C--------------AT-AC----------G--------C---- Seq-104 M 10301 10400 100 473 CAACTAACCTGCCACTAATAGTTATGTCATCCCTCTTATTAATCATCATCCTAGCCCTAAGTCTGGCCTATGAGTGACTACAAAAAGGATTAGACTGAGC Seq-105 M 10401 10500 100 474 CGAATTGGTATATAGTTTAAACAAAACGAATGATTTCGACTCATTAAATTATGATAATCATATTTACCAAATGCCCCTCATTTACATAAATATTATACTA Seq-106 M 10501 10600 100 475 GCATTTACCATCTCACTTCTAGGAATACTAGTATATCGCTCACACCTCATATCCTCCCTACTATGCCTAGAAGGAATAATACTATCGCTGTTCATTATAG Seq-106 6 92436907 92437006 100 476 --------T---------T-G---------A-C--CT----------A-----------G--------------G-----G-----A--A-----C---A Seq-106 7 57260142 57260241 100 477 ----A------A--------G--G---T--A-C---T-A--C-----G-----A----C----------------------T----AT-A-----C---A Seq-106 17 22031232 22031331 100 478 --------T-C------GT-----------A-C--------------A-CG--------------------G--G------T----T--A-----CG--A Seq-107 M 10601 10700 100 479 CTACTCTCATAACCCTCAACACCCACTCCCTCTTAGCCAATATTGTGCCTATTGCCATACTAGTCTTTGCCGCCTGCGAAGCAGCGGTGGGCCTAGCCCT Seq-107 23 125606708 125606807 100 480 G-GTAA----------------------------------------A-----CA----------------T------A-G-----A--A----------- Seq-108 M 10701 10800 100 481 ACTAGTCTCAATCTCCAACACATATGGCCTAGACTACGTACATAACCTAAACCTACTCCAATGCTAAAACTAATCGTCCCAACAATTATATTACTACCAC Seq-108 2 120971147 120971246 100 482 ------T--------T-----------T-----T--------A------C--T----T----A------A-T--TA-T------------C-GT-----A Seq-108 2 131036246 131036345 100 483 ------T-----T---------------T--A----T--G-----------TT----T-G-C-G-----A-T---A-T------------C-G------A Seq-108 7 57237053 57237152 100 484 ------T--C-----------C---A----------T---T----------TT----T-G---------A-T--TA-T------------C-G------A Seq-108 9 94873087 94873186 100 485 C------------------G----A-----------T-----A--T-----TT-----------C----A-T--TA-T------------C-GT---A-T Seq-108 15 58443461 58443560 100 486 ------T-----------------CA-------T--T-----A--T-----TT----T-----------G-T--TA-T------------C-GT------ Seq-108 17 22031432 22031531 100 487 ------------T--T----G---C--T-----T--T---------T-----T----------T-----T----TA----T-----C---C----T---A Seq-108 23 125606808 125606907 100 488 ---------------T----------------------------------G------------------------A----------C------------- ++++++++++++++++++++++                        $                   ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Seq-109 M 10801 10900 100 489 TGACATGACTTTCCAAAAAGCACATAATTTGAATCAACACAACCACCCACAGCCTAATTATTAGCATCATCCCCCTACTATTTTTTAACCAAATCAACAA Seq-109 23 125606908 125607007 100 490 -A------T-C--------A--T-----------------------T-------------------C---------------------------------          +++++++++++++++++++                 $                             $ Seq-110 M 10901 11000 100 491 CAACCTATTTAGCTGTTCCCCAACCTTTTCCTCCGACCCCCTAACAACCCCCCTCCTAATACTAACTACCTGACTCCTACCCCTCACAATCATGGCAAGC Seq-110 23 125607008 125607107 100 492 ---------------C----T-T----C-----------------G-----------------------------T------------------------   +++++++++++++++++++++++ Seq-111 M 11001 11100 100 493 CAACGCCACTTATCCAGCGAACCACTATCACGAAAAAAACTCTACCTCTCTATACTAATCTCCCTACAAATCTCCTTAATTATAACATTCACAGCCACAG Seq-111 23 125607108 125607207 100 494 --G------C------A------------------------------------G-----------C--------------------------------G- Seq-112 M 11101 11200 100 495 AACTAATCATATTTTATATCTTCTTCGAAACCACACTTATCCCCACCTTGGCTATCATCACCCGATGAGGCAACCAGCCAGAACGCCTGAACGCAGGCAC Seq-112 2 131036647 131036746 100 496 -------T-----------TC----T---G-T-----------------AAT---T--T-----C--G--------A------T----C--T---A---- Seq-112 7 57260746 57260845 100 497 -------T-----------TC----T---G-T-----------T-----AAT---G-------CC-----T-----A-----------C--T---A--T- Seq-113 M 11201 11300 100 498 ATACTTCCTATTCTACACCCTAGTAGGCTCCCTTCCCCTACTCATCGCACTAATTTACACTCACAACACCCTAGGCTCACTAAACATTCTACTACTCACT Seq-114 M 11301 11400 100 499 CTCACTGCCCAAGAACTATCAAACTCCTGAGCCAACAACTTAATATGACTAGCTTACACAATAGCTTTTATAGTAAAGATACCTCTTTACGGACTCCACT Seq-115 M 11401 11500 100 500 TATGACTCCCTAAAGCCCATGTCGAAGCCCCCATCGCTGGGTCAATAGTACTTGCCGCAGTACTCTTAAAACTAGGCGGCTATGGTATAATACGCCTCAC Seq-115 2 120971832 120971931 100 501 -G-----------------C--A--------T--T-AC--C--------------A-----T---C----G----------G----G-----T-G--T-- Seq-115 2 131036946 131037045 100 502 -------T--------------A---A----T--T---A-C-----G--------A----G----C-------------------C----C---A--T-A Seq-115 6 153990666 153990765 100 503 -G---------G-------C--A-----------T--C--C--------------A---------C-----TA---------C--A--G---T-G----- Seq-115 7 57237751 57237850 100 504 -------T--------T-----A--------T--T--A--C------------AGA-----T---C------C----A----C--C------T-G--T-- Seq-115 7 57261048 57261147 100 505 -------T--------------AC-------T--T--A--C--------------A-----T---C------C----A-------C--------GG-T-- Seq-115 9 5108562 5108661 100 506 -G--------A-----------A--------T--T--C--C----C---------A--G------C---------------GC-----------G--T-- Seq-115 11 81264219 81264318 100 507 ----------C--------GA-A-----T--T--T--C--C---G----------A---------C----------A----GCA--------TAG--T-- Seq-115 14 84639220 84639319 100 508 ----------C------T-C--A-------TT--T--CA-C--------------A---------C----G-----T-------A-------T-G--T-- Seq-115 15 58443978 58444077 100 509 ----------C--------C--G--------T--T-----C--------------A-AG------C----G-----T-----------T-----G--T-- Seq-116 M 11501 11600 100 510 ACTCATTCTCAACCCCCTGACAAAACACATAGCCTACCCCTTCCTTGTACTATCCCTATGAGGCATAATTATAACAAGCTCCATCTGCCTACGACAAACA Seq-116 2 120971932 120972031 100 511 C--T--C----G------A---G--T-T-----------A-----CA--T-------------A-GG----G---------T--T--T-----------C Seq-116 9 94873853 94873952 100 512 C-----C----G------A-T-G--T-T---T-------------CA--------T-------A---G-------------T--T--T---A-------T Seq-116 11 81264319 81264418 100 513 C--T--C----G------A---G----T---------------T-CA------T---------G---G-------------T-CT--T--G------G-C Seq-117 M 11601 11700 100 514 GACCTAAAATCGCTCATTGCATACTCTTCAATCAGCCACATAGCCCTCGTAGTAACAGCCATTCTCATCCAAACCCCCTGAAGCTTCACCGGCGCAGTCA Seq-118 M 11701 11800 100 515 TTCTCATAATCGCCCACGGACTCACATCCTCATTACTATTCTGCCTAGCAAACTCAAACTACGAACGCACTCACAGTCGCATCATAATCCTCTCTCAAGG Seq-119 M 11801 11900 100 516 ACTTCAAACTCTACTCCCACTAATAGCTTTTTGATGACTTCTAGCAAGCCTCGCTAACCTCGCCTTACCCCCCACTATTAACCTACTGGGAGAACTCTCT Seq-119 2 120972232 120972331 100 517 C-------TA-G--T------------C-C-----------------AT---A-------T-----------T--C-----T---G-A---T------T- Seq-119 2 156167597 156167696 100 518 C-----------G-T------------C-C-----------------AT---A-C-----T---C-------T--C-----T---AGA----------T- Seq-119 7 57238151 57238250 100 519 G--------A-----------------C------------AG-----AT--TAT------T--------------C-----T---A------------T- Seq-119 7 57261448 57261547 100 520 T--------A-------------C---C------------A------A---TA-------T--------------C-C---T---A-A----------T- Seq-120 M 11901 12000 100 521 GTGCTAGTAACCACGTTCTCCTGATCAAATATCACTCTCCTACTTACAGGACTCAACATACTAGTCACAGCCCTATACTCCCTCTACATATTTACCACAA Seq-121 M 12001 12100 100 522 CACAATGGGGCTCACTCACCCACCACATTAACAACATAAAACCCTCATTCACACGAGAAAACACCCTCATGTTCATACACCTATCCCCCATTCTCCTCCT Seq-122 M 12101 12200 100 523 ATCCCTCAACCCCGACATCATTACCGGGTTTTCCTCTTGTAAATATAGTTTAACCAAAACATCAGATTGTGAATCTGACAACAGAGGCTTACGACCCCTT Seq-123 M 12201 12300 100 524 ATTTACCGAGAAAGCTCACAAGAACTGCTAACTCATGCCCCCATGTCTAACAACATGGCTTTCTCAACTTTTAAAGGATAACAGCTATCCATTGGTCTTA Seq-123 1 181391978 181392077 100 525 G-C-----------TGT----------------------------C---G---------------------G-------T-G--TC----G--------- Seq-123 2 83042710 83042809 100 526 --C--TG-------TATGTG----------------T--T-----C---------------------------------G-G--TC---AG--------- Seq-123 2 120972629 120972728 100 527 --C----A-----TTA-G----G--A-------TG----------C------------------------------A--T-G--T-G--T---------- Seq-123 2 131037731 131037830 100 528 -------A------TGTG---------------------------C--G----T-------------------G-------G-------TG------C-- Seq-123 2 156167996 156168095 100 529 --C---A-------TATG------T------G------A--A---C--------------C-----------G------T-G--TC----T--------- Seq-123 7 57238545 57238644 100 530 ------T-------TATG-----------------------TG--C---------------------G--G--G-------G--------G--------- Seq-123 7 57261844 57261943 100 531 ------T-------TATG---------------------------C---------------------G--G--G-------G----------------C- Seq-123 9 5109356 5109455 100 532 --C----A------TATG---------------------------C-------T-------------------------TGG--TC----G----C---- Seq-123 11 81265012 81265111 100 533 --C----A-----TTATG-----------------C---------C------------------------------A--T-G--G--------------- Seq-123 14 84640014 84640113 100 534 --A-G--A------TATGT--------------------------C------------T-C------------------T-G--T--------------- Seq-123 16 69392576 69392675 100 535 --C--TG-------TATCTG-C---------------T----------------------------------------CT-G--TC-----C---A---- Seq-123 19 57433652 57433751 100 536 --C-----------TATG---------G-------------A--A-A------T-----A-------------------T-G--T--A----------A- Seq-124 M 12301 12400 100 537 GGCCCCAAAAATTTTGGTGCAACTCCAAATAAAAGTAATAACCATGCACACTACTATAACCACCCTAACCCTGACTTCCCTAATTCCCCCCATCCTTACC Seq-1M M 12401 12500 100 538 ACCCTCGTTAACCCTAACAAAAAAAACTCATACCCCCATTATGTAAAATCCATTGTCGCATCCACCTTTATTATCAGTCTCTTCCCCACAACAATATTCA Seq-126 M 12501 12600 100 539 TGTGCCTAGACCAAGAAGTTATTATCTCGAACTGACACTGAGCCACAACCCAAACAACCCAGCTCTCCCTAAGCTTCAAACTAGACTACTTCTCCATAAT Seq-126 14 84640221 84640320 100 540 -A---AC------------C--------A--------T----TA-----A-----TCT-A-A-----A-------------C--------------C--- Seq-127 M 12601 12700 100 541 ATTCATCCCTGTAGCATTGTTCGTTACATGGTCCATCATAGAATTCTCACTGTGATATATAAACTCAGACCCAAACATTAATCAGTTCTTCAAATATCTA Seq-127 2 83043109 83043208 100 542 ---T-----C------C-A---A----C--A--T--TG--A--------A-A--------------------T----------CA--T---------T-- Seq-127 7 57262230 57262329 100 543 ---T-----A------C-A--T--C--C--A--T--T-G----------A-A--G--------A-----T--C-----------A--T---------T-- Seq-127 11 81265410 81265509 100 544 G--T-----A------G-A--T-----C--A--T--TG---------G-A-A-----C--------------T-----------A--T--------CT-- Seq-127 15 58445062 58445161 100 545 ---T-----A--G---C-A--T-----C--A--T--TG----G------A-A--------------------T--T-C------A--T---------T-- Seq-128 M 12701 12800 100 546 CTCATTTTCCTAATTACCATACTAATCTTAGTTACCGCTAACAACCTATTCCAACTGTTCATCGGCTGAGAGGGCGTAGGAATTATATCCTTCTTGCTCA Seq-128 5 93903199 93903298 100 547 --T-----------C-----------TC----C-----C-----------T-----C--------------------------C--G--T---C-A----   +++++++++++++++++++                      $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$     ++++++++++++++++++++ Seq-129 M 12801 12900 100 548 TCAGTTGATGATACGCCCGAGCAGATGCCAACACAGCAGCCATTCAAGCAGTCCTATACAACCGTATCGGCGATATCGGTTTCATCCTCGCCTTAGCATG Seq-129 5 93903299 93903398 100 549 --G-------G--T--T---A----------------------C-C----A----------------T-----C--T--C--------A---C------- Seq-130 M 12901 13000 100 550 ATTTATCCTACACTCCAACTCATGAGACCCACAACAAATAGCCCTTCTAAACGCTAATCCAAGCCTCACCCCACTACTAGGCCTCCTCCTAGCAGCAGCA Seq-130 5 93903399 93903498 100 551 ---CC----------------------A------G-----CT---C------A----C--TGA-T-T-TT-----------TT-----T----------- Seq-131 M 13001 13100 100 552 GGCAAATCAGCCCAATTAGGTCTCCACCCCTGACTCCCCTCAGCCATAGAAGGCCCCACCCCAGTCTCAGCCCTACTCCACTCAAGCACTATAGTTGTAG Seq-131 2 83043509 83043608 100 553 --A--G-----T-----C--C-----TA-------T--A--CA----------T--A--------------------------C--------C---A--- Seq-131 2 120973719 120973818 100 554 --A--G-----TA----CAAC-----T-----------A--C--------------A-----------G-----G--------C------G--------- Seq-131 2 131038518 131038617 100 555 --A---A--------C-T--C------T---C---T--T--C-----G--------AG----T--------------------T--T-A-----C---G- Seq-131 2 156168791 156168890 100 556 --A--G-----T-----CA-------T--------T--A--T--TG--T-------A---G----------T-----------T-------------C-- Seq-131 3 106618267 106618366 100 557 --A--------------T--C-----T--T-----T--A-----T-----------A--A------A---TT--G-----T--T-----A---------- Seq-131 5 93903499 93903598 100 558 --A--------T-----------T--T-----------------------------T-----CA-------------T---------C-C---------- Seq-131 7 57239333 57239432 100 559 --A--G-----T-----T--C---T---------CT--T--C-----G-----T--A--------------------------T---G--G--------- Seq-131 7 57262633 57262732 100 560 --A--G-----T-----T--C--------------T--T--CA----G--------A-------C-------G----------T---------------- Seq-131 9 5110127 5110226 100 561 --A--G-----TA----C--C-----T--------T--A--C--------------A-------C---------G--------C---------------- Seq-131 10 2277871 2277970 100 562 A--CTCAA-TAG--G--T-----------------T-----G--T-----------A--------T-----------------C--------------G- Seq-131 11 81265806 81265905 100 563 --A--G-----T--G--CA-C-----T------T-T--A-----------------AG-------------------G-----C---------------- Seq-131 13 85096902 85097001 100 564 A---G------T-----T-------------A-----TG-----T-------C---AG-A--CA-------------------T-----A-----G---- Seq-131 14 84640720 84640819 100 565 --A--G-----T-----C--C-----T--------T--A-GC-----------T-AA------AC------------------C---------------- Seq-131 15 46633609 46633708 100 566 --A--G-----T-----CA-C-----T--------T--A-------C---------A-------------AT-----------C---G------------ Seq-131 15 58445461 58445560 100 567 --A--G-----T-----T--C--T--T--------T-T--CA--TG----------A--------T-----------------T---------------C Seq-132 M 13101 13200 100 568 CAGGAATCTTCTTACTCATCCGCTTCCACCCCCTAGCAGAAAATAGCCCACTAATCCAAACTCTAACACTATGCTTAGGCGCTATCACCACTCTGTTCGC Seq-132 4 17063502 17063601 100 569 -T---G-----C-------------T------T-G--------C-A----AC--------TCT-C---------C-------C-C---T--C-----T-- Seq-132 5 93903599 93903698 100 570 -T--GG----TC------A-------------T------------A-----C------------C---------C-------C-C------C-------- Seq-133 M 13201 13300 100 571 AGCAGTCTGCGCCCTTACACAAAATGACATCAAAAAAATCGTAGCCTTCTCCACTTCAAGTCAACTAGGACTCATAATAGTTACAATCGGCATCAACCAA Seq-133 2 131038717 131038816 100 572 ----A----T--TT-A-----------T--TG-------------AC-------C--------------C--T-G----ACC-----T-----T--T--- Seq-133 4 17063602 17063701 100 573 ---------T--T-----------C--------------T-----------------G--C-----------T---G----C-----T-----------G Seq-133 5 93903699 93903798 100 574 ---------T--T--------------------------------------T--------C---T----------GG----C------------------ Seq-133 7 57239533 57239632 100 575 ----A-T--T--T--A----------TG-----C-----------A--------C--------------C--T-------CC-----G----AG--T--- Seq-133 7 57262833 57262932 100 576 ----A-T--T--T--A----------TT-----C-----------G--A-----C--------------C--T--------C----CT-----T--T--- Seq-133 7 112012836 112012935 100 577 ---GA-------T--G-----------T--TT--------A----G----T---C-----C--G--G--C--T--------C-----T-----T--T--- Seq-133 9 5110327 5110426 100 578 ----A-------T--A-----------T--TT--------A----A--------C--------G--G--C--T-CG-----C-----T-----T--T--G Seq-133 13 85097102 85097201 100 579 ----A-----A-T--A--------------AT-------T--G--A--T-T---C--G---T-------------------------T--T--T------ Seq-133 13 96344942 96345041 100 580 ----A----T--T--A-----------T-------C---G-----AC---------------------AC--T-C----C-C-----T-A---T--T--- Seq-134 M 13301 13400 100 581 CCACACCTAGCATTCCTGCACATCTGTACCCACGCCTTCTTCAAAGCCATACTATTTATGTGCTCCGGGTCCATCATCCACAACCTTAACAATGAACAAG Seq-134 2 120974184 120974283 100 582 -----------------T--------C-T---------T-AA-----T---T-------A--T--A--C-----T-----T-----C--TG--------- Seq-134 2 131038817 131038916 100 583 -----------------A--------C-----------T-------TT---T----------T--A--A-------------G---C---G--------- Seq-134 2 202422542 202422641 100 584 -----T--------T--C--T--------A--T--A-----------T--G--G-----A------A-A--------T--T--------TG----C--G- Seq-134 5 93903799 93903898 100 585 ---T-------------A--------------T--T---------------T-------A--------A-----T--T--T-----C------------- Seq-134 7 57239633 57239732 100 586 -----------------A-----T--C------A----T--T-----T---T-------AA-T--A--A-----------T-----C------A------ Seq-134 7 57262933 57263032 100 587 G----------------A--T-----C-----T-----T-CT-----T---T-------A--T--A--A-------C---T-----C---G--------- Seq-134 9 5110427 5110526 100 588 -----T-----------T-----G--C------A----T--T-----T---T-------A-----A--C--------------T--C--TG--------- Seq-134 11 47345580 47345679 100 589 ---T-T-----------A--------------T--------T--------------C--A--------A--T-----T--T-----C---------T--- Seq-134 11 81266104 81266203 100 590 -----T-----------T--------------T-----T--T-----T---TA------A--T--A--------------T--T--C--TG--------- Seq-134 14 84641019 84641118 100 591 -----------------T----------TT--T-----T--T-----T--GT-------A--T--A-A------------T-G---C--TG--------C Seq-135 M 13401 13500 100 592 ATATTCGAAAAATAGGAGGACTACTCAAAACCATACCTCTCACTTCAACCTCCCTCACCATTGGCAGCCTAGCATTAGCAGGAATACCTTTCCTCACAGG Seq-135 5 93903899 93903998 100 593 -C----------------------------TT-----C--------------------------------G---C-T--------G--C--------G-- Seq-135 15 58445848 58445947 100 594 -C--CT-----------------T----G--TC---TC--------CT-------T-T------------CA--C-TA----T--G-------------- Seq-136 M 13501 13600 100 595 TTTCTACTCCAAAGACCACATCATCGAAACCGCAAACATATCATACACAAACGCCTGAGCCCTATCTATTACTCTCATCGCTACCTCCCTGACAAGCGCC Seq-136 2 120974384 120974483 100 596 C--T-----T-------TT-----------------T-C---------C--------------T-----------T--T--C----TTT-A---GCT-T- Seq-136 5 93903999 93904098 100 597 C-----T----T-----T-------A----------T-----------C--------------------------------C--T-----A--------- Seq-136 15 58445948 58446047 100 598 C--T--T--T-------T---T--T-----T-------C---------C--------------T-----------T-----A--------A---GCT-T- Seq-137 M 13601 13700 100 599 TATAGCACTCGAATAATTCTTCTCACCCTAACAGGTCAACCTCGCTTCCCCACCCTTACTAACATTAACGAAAATAACCCCACCCTACTAAACCCCATTA Seq-137 5 93904099 93904198 100 600 A-------------------C--------------C--------T-----A-----A--C-----C--------C-----T-----G----G------C- Seq-138 M 13701 13800 100 601 AACGCCTGGCAGCCGGAAGCCTATTCGCAGGATTTCTCATTACTAACAACATTTCCCCCGCATCCCCCTTCCAAACAACAATCCCCCTCTACCTAAAACT Seq-138 5 93904199 93904298 100 602 -------AA--AT---------------------------C--C-G--------T----A-----AT-CC-----TG--------A--TC--T------- +++++++++++++++++++              $                     $                       +++++++++++++++++++++ Seq-139 M 13801 13900 100 603 CACAGCCCTCGCTGTCACTTTCCTAGGACTTCTAACAGCCCTAGACCTCAACTACCTAACCAACAAACTTAAAATAAAATCCCCACTATGCACATTTTAT Seq-139 5 93904299 93904398 100 604 ---------A-GCA----C--------------G---------------------T-------------C---------AA------G--T------C-C Seq-140 M 13901 14000 100 605 TTCTCCAACATACTCGGATTCTACCCTAGCATCACACACCGCACAATCCCCTATCTAGGCCTTCTTACGAGCCAAAACCTGCCCCTACTCCTCCTAGACC                                  +++++++++++++++++++++                   $ Seq-141 M 14001 14100 100 606 TAACCTGACTAGAAAAGCTATTACCTAAAACAATTTCACAGCACCAAATCTCCACCTCCATCATCACCTCAACCCAAAAAGGCATAATTAAACTTTACTT Seq-141 5 93904499 93904598 100 607 ----T-----------A---A------------CC------T------C----G-------------------T--------------C----------- +++++++++++++++++++++++          +++++++++++++++++++++++         $                               +++ Seq-142 M 14101 14200 100 608 CCTCTCTTTCTTCTTCCCACTCATCCTAACCCTACTCCTAATCACATAACCTATTCCCCCGAGCAATCTCAATTACAATATATACACCAACAAACAATGT Seq-142 5 93904597 93904696 100 609 TTC-------------------C----------C------------------G-A---------C-------------------------------G-                +++++++++++++++++++++++++ Seq-143 M 14201 14300 100 610 TCAACCAGTAACCACTACTAATCAACGCCCATAATCATACAAAGCCCCCGCACCAATAGGATCCTCCCGAATCAACCCTGACCCCTCTCCTTCATAAATT Seq-143 2 131039713 131039812 100 611 --------C------C--C-------A-T------T---G-----A--------C-C--A---T--A----C--------G------A--C---A----- Seq-143 5 93904697 93904796 100 612 ------------T--C--C------T----G-----G--T-----------------------------------TG---G------C------------ Seq-143 9 80580108 80580207 100 613 --------C---T--C--C-------A--------T---T-----A---A----C-C--A------A-------------T------A--C---A---CC Seq-143 23 5087007 5087106 100 614 --------C---T--C----G-----AT-----------T-----A--------T----A------A--------------------A--A---A----C Seq-144 M 14301 14400 100 615 ATTCAGCTTCCTACACTATTAAAGTTTACCACAACCACCACCCCATCATACTCTTTCACCCACAGCACCAATCCTACCTCCATCGCTAACCCCACTAAAA Seq-144 5 93904797 93904896 100 616 -----A-----------------A--C-------T---------------T-T---T-----T-A---T--C--C--T--T--T-----T---------- Seq-145 M 14401 14500 100 617 CACTCACCAAGACCTCAACCCCTGACCCCCATGCCTCAGGATACTCCTCAATAGCCATCGCTGTAGTATATCCAAAGACAACCATCATTCCCCCTAAATA Seq-145 5 93904897 93904996 100 618 ----T-------------T------------------------------------T--T--------G--C-----A--------T--A----------- Seq-145 7 57264010 57264109 100 619 A-G-TC-T--A-------TA-T---T--T-----------G--T---------------A-C-C------------A-----------C-----C----- Seq-145 7 153665815 153665914 100 62 0 -----C-T--A--T----TG--------T--------C-TG--T----A---------------------A-----A-----T--------G-GC--C-- Seq-145 17 22018556 22018655 100 621 -------------T----TT-------------T------------------------T--CA-------------A---------G-A-------G--- Seq-146 M 14501 14600 100 622 AATTAAAAAAACTATTAAACCCATATAACCTCCCCCAAAATTCAGAATAATAACACACCCGACCACACCGCTAACAATCAGTACTAAACCCCCATAAATA Seq-146 5 93904998 93905097 100 623 -T----------C--------T---C-----------T----T-A------G-T------A--------A----------AC-----G------------ Seq-146 17 22018657 22018756 100 624 -T-A--------C------------------------T----------------------A--T-----A----T-----A-----T------------- Seq-147 M 14601 14700 100 625 GGAGAAGGCTTAGAAGAAAACCCCACAAACCCCATTACTAAACCCACACTCAACAGAAACAAAGCATACATCATTATTCTCGCACGGACTACAACCACGA Seq-147 5 93905098 93905197 100 626 ------------------------------------------A-------T----A---T--------TG------------------------------ Seq-147 17 22018757 22018856 100 627 --------T--------------T--------T---------G-------T--TGAT--T--------TG-G----A--C-A--T---T----------- Seq-148 M 14701 14800 100 628 CCAATGATATGAAAAACCATCGTTGTATTTCAACTACAAGAACACCAATGACCCCAATACGCAAAATTAACCCCCTAATAAAATTAATTAACCACTCATT Seq-148 2 131040206 131040305 100 629 -T-------A----------T--CA-----------T--------T-------AT------T----CA--T--A---------A-C-----TT-T---C- Seq-148 5 93905198 93905297 100 630 ---------------------------------------------T-----------C--------CC---T-GT------------------------- Seq-148 15 58447112 58447211 100 631 -T----G--------------A--------------T--------T-------AA----T---C--CGC---TG---------A-T----GT--T----- Seq-148 17 22018857 22018956 100 632 ------------G--------A--T------G----T--------------------C-T-T----C---T--A---G-----A----C---------C- Seq-149 M 14801 14900 100 633 CATCGACCTCCCCACCCCATCCAACATCTCCGCATGATGAAACTTCGGCTCACTCCTTGGCGCCTGCCTGATCCTCCAAATCACCACAGGACTATTCCTA Seq-149 5 93905298 93905397 100 634 T--T--T--------T-----T---------A-----------C----------T--------------A-C-A-T-----G-T---------------- Seq-149 13 96346876 96346975 100 635 T--T--T--------A--------------TA----------T--T--------T-----T------T-A--T-----G-C--T-------T----T--G Seq-149 17 22018957 22019056 100 636 T-----T------G-----------------AT------G------A---TG--T-----T------T-A-C---T-----T-TT--------------- Seq-149 23 5087606 5087705 100 637 ------T--------T-----T--T-----TAT----------C--T-------T------A-----T-AT----T-------T------G--------- Seq-150 M 14901 15000 100 638 GCCATACACTACTCACCAGACGCCTCAACCGCCTTTTCATCAATCGCCCACATCACTCGAGACGTAAATTATGGCTGAATCATCCGCTACCTTCACGCCA Seq-150 5 93905398 93905497 100 639 -----------A--------T--T-----------C--------------------CT----------CC----------------------C-----T- Seq-150 17 22019057 22019156 100 640 --T----Q---------------------------C--C---G---T---------------T-----C-----------------------C--T---- Seq-150 23 5087706 5087805 100 641 ------------A--------A--A----T-----C--T-----G-----T--T-A------T--G--C-----------T----A---T--C---A-T- Seq-151 M 15001 15100 100 642 ATGGCGCCTCAATATTCTTTATCTGCCTCTTCCTACACATCGGGCGAGGCCTATATTACGGATCATTTCTCTACTCAGAAACCTGAAACATCGGCATTAT Seq-151 2 156170798 156170897 100 643 ----------------T--C-----------------TG-T--C------T----C--T---------A-A-T-CT------------T--T-ATT--T- Seq-151 5 8619543 8619642 100 644 -------T--C-----T--C------------T-------T--CT----TT----C--T---------ACA-TTCT------------T----------- Seq-151 5 93905498 93905597 100 645 -C--T--------------C-----------------------C------T----C--T--C-----C------CT---------------T--T----- Seq-151 7 57241291 57241390 100 646 -----C-T----C------C------------------G----CG-----T-------T--G-----CG-AC-T-T------A-------CT-------- Seq-151 7 112014629 112014728 100 647 ----T--T--------T--C------------T-------T--C-A---GT----C-----G-----A--A-T-C-------------T--T-------- Seq-151 17 22019157 22019256 100 648 ----------------T--C-----------------T--T--C--------G--C--T--C-T----------CT---------------T-----C-- Seq-151 23 5087806 5087905 100 649 ---A---T----C------C-----T------------T-TA-C------T-------T--C-----CA-A----T-----A---------T-A------ Seq-151 23 125863340 125863439 100 650 ----T-----------T--C------------T-------T--C-A----T----C--T--G-----C--A-TTCT------------T--T-------- Seq-152 M 15101 15200 100 651 CCTCCTGCTTGCAACTATAGCAACAGCCTTCATAGGCTATGTCCTCCCGTGAGGCCAAATATCATTCTGAGGGGCCACAGTAATTACAAACTTACTATCC Seq-152 2 83045608 83045707 100 652 ----T-A--CA-------G--------A-----------CC-G-----A--------G--------------T-----------------TC-------G Seq-152 2 131040606 131040705 100 653 T---T-----A----C-C---------G--T-----------G--T--A---------------C-------C----------CC------C--A----A Seq-152 5 8619643 8619742 100 654 ------A--CA-------G--------A-----------C--G-----A-A------G-----T--------CA-T------G-------TC-------A Seq-152 5 93905598 93905697 100 655 ----T-AT-CA----C--------------------------------A-------------TC--------A-----G--------G--TC--T-G--- Seq-152 7 57241391 57241490 100 656 ------A--CAT---C-C---------A--T-----------G--T--A--------G---C----------CA-T--------C------C-------A Seq-152 7 57264700 57264799 100 657 G-----A--CA----C-C---------A--T-----------T--T--A-----------------------C--T--C----CC------C-------A Seq-152 7 112014729 112014828 100 658 T-----AT-CA--------------A-A--------------G-----A----C------------------CA-T--------------T--------A Seq-152 8 18707079 18707178 100 659 ------A--CA-------G--------A-----------CA-G-----A--------G---------G----C--T--------------TC-------A Seq-152 11 81267892 81267991 100 660 ------C--CA---------T------A-------C------G----G------------------------T--T----------T----C--TCC--A Seq-152 14 84643115 84643214 100 661 -TA------CA------------A---A----C---A--CA-G-----A--------G--------------C--T---A----------TC-------A Seq-152 23 5087906 5088005 100 662 TG-------CA----C-----------A--T-----------A--T--A-----------------------C--T-----G--------TC-------A Seq-152 23 125863441 125863540 100 663 -TC-TACT-AA----------------A-----------C--G-----A-----------------------T--T--------------TC------TA Seq-153 M 15201 15300 100 664 GCCATCCCATACATTGGGACAGACCTAGTTCAATGAATCTGAGGAGGCTACTCAGTAGACAGTCCCACCCTCACACGATTCTTTACCTTTCACTTCATCT Seq-153 5 93905698 93905797 100 665 -----T--------C--A-----------C------Q-------T--------------A--A--------------------------C--------TC Seq-153 7 57264800 57264899 100 666 -----------T-----A--T-----T--C---------G----T--A-TTC----T----AAG----T--T-----------CG----C---------- Seq-153 7 112014829 112014928 100 667 -----------T-----A--T---T-T--A--------------G--A-T----T-T----AAG----------------T---G----C--T------- Seq-153 15 58447613 58447712 100 668 -----T--G--T-----A--T-----T--G--------------T--A-TT----------AAG-------T--------T---G----C--T--T---- Seq-154 M 15301 15400 100 669 TACCCTTCATTATTGCAGCCCTAGCAGCACTCCACCTCCTATTCTTGCACGAAACGGGATCAAACAACCCCCTAGGAATCACCTCCCATTCCGATAAAAT Seq-154 5 93905798 93905897 100 670 -G-----T------A-----T--A--A-C--A-----T------C-A-------TA-----------T---T----C---C-------------C-----                                                       +++++++++++++++++++++ Seq-155 M 15401 15500 100 671 CACCTTCCACCCTTACTACACAATCAAAGACGCCCTCGGCTTACTTCTCTTCCTTCTCTCCTTAATGACATTAACACTATTCTCACCAGACCTCCTAGGC Seq-155 5 93905898 93905997 100 672 T--------T-------------C-------AT---A---C--T-C--T-----C---A--C--T-A---C--GT---------------------G---                                                      $                           +++++++++++++++++++ Seq-156 M 15501 15600 100 673 GACCCAGACAATTATACCCTAGCCAACCCCTTAAACACCCCTCCCCACATCAAGCCCGAATGATATTTCCTATTCGCCTACACAATTCTCCGATCCGTCC Seq-156 5 93905998 93906097 100 674 -----------C--C-----GA-T------C----------A-----------A---------------------------G--------------A-T- Seq-156 6 133471815 133471914 100 675 -----------C------------------C----------A--------T--A--------T--C--T------------G----C--A--G---A-T- Seq-157 M 15601 15700 100 676 CTAACAAACTAGGAGGCGTCCTTGCCCTATTACTATCCATCCTCATCCTAGCAATAATCCCCATCCTCCATATATCCAAACAACAAAGCATAATATTTCG Seq-157 5 93906098 93906197 100 677 -C--T------------A-T--A-----TC-----------------------GC---T--T--A-----C----------------------------A Seq-157 17 22019755 22019854 100 678 -C-----------------A--G-----CC-------A---------------GC---T----CA--T--C--G-----------------------CT- +++++++++++++++++++                                         $              ++++++++++++++++++++++ Seq-158 M 15701 15800 100 679 CCCACTAAGCCAATCACTTTATTGACTCCTAGCCGCAGACCTCCTCATTCTAACCTGAATCGGAGGACAACCAGTAAGCTACCCTTTTACCATCATTGGA Seq-158 5 93906198 93906297 100 680 ----T---------TC--A------T--------A-------T--T-CC-----------T--------------G-A------C--C--T-C---C--- Seq-159 M 15801 15900 100 681 CAAGTAGCATCCGTACTATACTTCACAACAATCCTAATCCTAATACCAACTATCTCCCTAATTGAAAACAAAATACTCAAATGGGCCTGTCCTTGTAGTA Seq-159 5 93906298 93906397 100 682 --------------------------G-----TT-------C------G-C-C----TC---C-----T---------------A----C--C------- Seq-160 M 15901 16000 100 683 TAAACTAATACACCAGTCTTGTAAACCGGAGACGAAAACCTTTTTCCAAGGACAAATCAGAGAAAAAGTCTTTAACTCCACCATTAGCACCCAAAGCTAA Seq-160 5 93906398 93906497 100 684 -----C--------G-----------T---A-T---G--T-CC--------------------------AC--G---T------C--------------- Seq-160 17 22020055 22020154 100 685 -----C----T-TTG------------A--A-T-G-G--TC-C-C----------C-------------AC--G---T------C--------------- Seq-161 M 16001 16100 100 686 GATTCTAATTTAAACTATTCTCTGTTCTTTCATGGGGAAGCAGATTTGGGTACCACCCAAGTATTGACTCACCCATCAACAACCGCTATGTATTTCGTAC Seq-162 M 16101 16200 100 687 ATTACTGCCAGCCACCATGAATATTGTACGGTACCATAAATACTTGACCACCTGTAGTACATAAAAACCCAACCCACATCAAACCCCCCCCCCCCATGCT Seq-163 M 16201 16300 100 688 TACAAGCAAGTACAGCAATCAACCTTCAACTATCACACATCAACTGCAACTCCAAAGCCACCCCTCACCCACTAGGATACCAACAAACCTACCCACCCTT Seq-164 M 16301 16400 100 689 AACAGTACATAGTACATAAAGTCATTTACCGTACATAGCACATTACAGTCAAATCCCTTCTCGTCCCCATGGATGACCCCCCTCAGATAGGGGTCCCTTG Seq-165 M 16401 16500 100 690 ACCACCATCCTCCGTGAAATCAATATCCCGCACAAGAGTGCTACTCTCCTCGCTCCGGGCCCATAACACTTGGGGGTAGCTAAAGTGAACTGTATCCGAC Seq-165 17 22020556 22020655 100 691 TT----------T---------------T---G--------------T--T-A---A--T------T---------------T-A-------------G-

Example 2—Amplification and Primer Extension

An exemplary protocol used in Examples 3 and 4 is provided.

PCR Amplification

PCR was performed in a 5 μL volume reaction using Agena Bioscience's iPLEX Pro PCR kit, consisting of 2 μL DNA template, 0.5 μL 10×PCR Buffer, 0.4 μL 25 mM MgCl2, 0.1 μL dNTP/dUTP mix, 0.125 μL Uracyl-N-Glycosylase (New England Biolabs®, Ipswich, Mass., USA), 0.2 μL DNA polymerase. For a strategy using the same PCR primer for both mitochondrial and nuclear DNA a concentration of 100 nM was used. For a strategy of template specific primer combinations a set of different combinations was used (Table A). Finally for the hybrid strategy of one universal PCR forward primer and a template specific pair of reverse primers, 100 nM of the universal primer was used and the combinations in Table A was used for the reverse primers. Alternatively, a hybrid strategy can use one universal PCR reverse primer and a template specific pair of forward primers with 100 nM of the universal primer and the combinations in Table A was used for the forward primers. Thermal cycling consisted of an initial incubation at 30° C. for 10 minutes followed by denaturation at 94° C. for 2 minutes; 30 cycles of 94° C. for 30 seconds, 60° C. for 30 seconds, and 72° C. for 1 minute; followed by a final extension of 5 minutes at 72° C. Following PCR, the reactions were treated with a 2 μL SAP mastermix consisting of 0.5 U shrimp alkaline phosphatase (SAP) and 0.17 μL 10×SAP Buffer. Samples were incubated for 20 minutes at 37° C., followed by SAP enzyme denaturation for 10 minutes at 85° C. Thermal cycling and incubation were performed in a GeneAmp® PCR System 9700 (Thermo Fisher). All reagents used were obtained from Agena Bioscience unless otherwise stated.

TABLE A PCR primer combination sets Pool 1 Pool 2 Pool 3 Pool 4 Pool 5 Pool 6 Pool 7 Pool 8 Pool 9 Pool 10 gDNA 100 nM 100 nM 100 nM 100 nM 100 nM 100 nM  100 nM  100 nM   100 nM primers mDNA 100 nM  75 nM  50 nM  35 nM  25 nM 12.5 nM 6.25 nM 3.125 nM 100 nM primers gDNA = nucleic DNA specific PCR primers, mDNA = mitochondrial specific PCR primers

Single Base Extension

Single base extension was performed by adding 2 μL of a master mix consisting of 0.2× iPLex Buffer, 0.2× Termination Mix, 5-15 μM extension primer mix, and 0.00615 U iPLEX® Pro enzyme. Reaction parameters consisted of an initial incubation at 94° C. for 30 seconds followed by 20 cycles at 94° C. for 5 seconds with five nested cycles of 52° C. for 5 seconds followed by 80° C. for 5 seconds. A final extension was performed at 72° C. for 3 minutes. Thermal cycling was performed in a GeneAmp PCR System 9700.

Maldi-TOF Analysis

After 41 ul of water addition and desalting by the addition of 15 mg Clean Resin, 15 nL of each extend mixture was transferred to a SpectroCHIP® II-G384 and Mass spectra were recorded using a MassARRAY System. Spectra were acquired using SpectroAcquire software (Agena Bioscience, San Diego). The software parameters were set to acquire 20 shots from each of 5 raster positions. The resulting mass spectra were summed and peak detection and intensity analysis performed using Typer 4 software (Agena Bioscience, San Diego).

Example 3—Amplification Using Species Specific Amplification Primers and iPLEX

Table 2: ADF1 Assay design using strategy of species specific PCR primers but same extension primer, please note that each PCR primer has a 10 bp tag to move them out of the MassARRAY window 3500-9000 m/z

Table 3: The alignment showing each primer pair alignment and the sequence of the amplicons (-g=nuclear specific primers, -mt=mitochondrial specific primers)

TABLE 2 Assay Design ADF1 Different PCR same UEP SEQ SEQ SEQ ID ID ID WELL SNP_ID 2nd-PCRP NO: 1st-PCRP NO: UEP_DIR UEP_MASS UEP_SEQ NO: EXT1_CALL EXT1_MASS W1 MitoQ-001 acgttggatgGGTCTATTACCCTAT 692 acgttggatgTCTGGGGCCAGCGTTTCA 693 R 5439.6 GCGTGCAIACCCCCCAGA 694 G 5686.8 TAATCAG W1 acgttggatgAGGTCTATCACCCTA 695 acgttggatgTCCGGCTCCAGCGTCTCG 696 TTAACCAC W1 MitoQ-024 acgttggatgGCCTACATCAGACCA 697 acgttggatgAACAGTGTGGGTAATAAT 698 F 7891.2 ACTGACAATTAACAGCCCAATATCTA 699 C 8138.4 AAATACTTC GGTTTCA W1 acgttggatgCTGCGTCAGATCAAA 700 acgttggatgGACAGTGAGGGTAATAAT 701 ACACTGA GACTTGT W1 MitoQ-050 acgttggatgTCATATACCAAATTT 702 acgttggatgGAGTATGCTAAGATTTTGC 703 F 5032.3 AGCCTTCTCCTCACTCT 704 C 5279.5 CTCCCTCAT GTAGT W1 acgttggatgTCATATACCAAATCT 705 acgttggatgGAGTATGCTAAGATTTTGC 706 CTCCCTCAC GTAGC W1 MitoQ-065 acgttggatgCCTATCTCTCCCAGT 707 acgttggatgGAATGGGGTCTCCTCCTCC 708 F 6960.6 ATCACTATACTACTAACAGACCG 709 C 7207.7 CCTAGCC GGCT W1 acgttggatgCCTATCTCTCCCAGT 710 acgttggatgAATGGGGTCTCCTCCTCCG 711 CCTAGCT GCG W1 MitoQ-073 acgttggatgCTCCCTAAAAGCAGT 712 acgttggatgCTACAGCCACTCTAGGTTAG 713 R 6377.2 TACTATTAGGACTTTTCGCTT 714 G 6624.3 AGTGC W1 acgttggatgCATTCATTTCTCTAAC 715 acgttggatgCATCCATATAGTCACTCCA 716 AGCAGTAATAT GGTTTA W1 MitoQ-094 acgttggatgGATTTCACTTCCACT 717 acgttggatgTCCCGTATCGAAGGCCTTTC 718 R 5804.8 ggCGTGTTACATCGCGCCA 719 G 6052 CCACAACC W1 acgttggatgGATTTCACTTCCACT 720 acgttggatgTCCCGTATCGAAGGCCTTTT 721 CCATAACG W1 MitoQ-110 acgttggatgTAGCTGCTCCCTATC 722 acgttggatgTTCGTTGGATAGGTGGCGC 723 F 7504.9 caCTCCTAATACTAACTACCTGACT 724 C 7752.1 CTTC W1 acgttggatgTAGCTGTTCCCCAAC 725 acgttggatgTTCGCTGGATAAGTGGCGT 726 CTTT W1 MitoQ-129 acgttggatgCGGTTGATGGTATG 727 acgttggatgTGTAGGAGGAATCATGCT 728 F 7330.8 ggAAGCAITCCTATACAACCGTAT 729 C 7578 CTCGAA AGGGCT W1 acgttggatgCAGTTGATGATACGC 730 acgttggatgTGTAGGATAAATCATGCTA 731 CCGAG AGGCG W1 MitoQ-139 acgttggatgCACAGCCCTAGGCAT 732 acgttggatgGTGAAATGTACACAGTGG 733 F 5990.9 CAGCCCTAGACCTCAACTAC 734 C 6238.1 CACC GTT W1 acgttggatgCACAGCCCTCGCTGT 735 acgttggatgATAAAATGTGCATAGTGG 736 CACT GGA W1 MitoQ-156 acgttggatgCCCAGACAACTACAC 737 acgttggatgGCCTCCTAGTTTATTGGGA 738 R 6518.3 GAATAGGAAATATCATTCGGG 739 G 6765.5 CCTGACT AT W1 acgttggatgCCCAGACAATTATAC 740 acgttggatgGCCTCCTAGTTTGTTAGGG 741 CCTAGCC AC SEQ SEQ ID ID WELL SNP_ID EXT1_SEQ NO: EXT2_CALL EXT2_MASS EXT2_SEQ NO: EXT3_CALL EXT3_MASS EXT3_SEQ EXT4_CALL EXT4_MASS EXT4_SEQ W1 MitoQ-001 GCGTGCAIACCCCCCAGAC 742 A 5766.7 GCGTGCAIACCCCCCAGAT 743 W1 W1 MitoQ-024 ACTGACAATTAACAGCCCAATATCTAC 744 T 8218.3 ACTGACAATTAACAGCCCAATAT 745 CTAT W1 W1 MitoQ-050 AGCCTTCTCCTCACTCTC 746 T 5359.4 AGCCTTCTCCTCACTCTT 747 W1 W1 MitoQ-065 ATCACTATACTACTAACAGACCGC 748 T 7287.7 ATCACTATACTACTAACAGACCGT 749 W1 W1 MitoQ-073 TACTATTAGGACTTTTCGCTTC 750 A 6704.3 TACTATTAGGACTTTTCGCTTT 751 W1 W1 MitoQ-094 ggCGTGTTACATCGCGCCAC 752 A 6131.9 ggCGTGTTACATCGCGCCAT 753 W1 W1 MitoQ-110 caCTCCTAATACTAACTACCTGACTC 754 T 7832 caCTCCTAATACTAACTACCTGAC 755 TT W1 W1 MitoQ-129 ggAAGCAITCCTATACAACCGTATC 756 T 7657.9 ggAAGCAITCCTATACAACCGTAT 757 CT W1 W1 MitoQ-139 CAGCCCTAGACCTCAACTACC 758 T 6318 CAGCCCTAGACCTCAACTACT 759 W1 W1 MitoQ-156 GAATAGGAAATATCATTCGGGC 760 A 6845.4 GAATAGGAAATATCATTCGGGT 761

TABLE 3 Alignment Using ADF1 Assay Chr Start End Length Amplicon MitoQ-001-g chr17 22020734 22020834 101 GGTCTATTACCCTATTAATCAGTCACGGGAGCTCTCCATGCA TTTGGTATTTTAATCTGGGGGGTG TGCACGCGATAGCATTGTGAAACGCTGGCCCCAGA MitoQ-001-mt chrM 7 108 102 AGGTCTATCACCCTATTAACCACTCACGGGAGCTCTCCATGCA TTTGGTATTTTCGTCTGGGGGG TGTGCACGCGATAGCATTGCGAGACGCTGGAGCCGGA MitoQ-024-g chr17 22023093 22023178 86 GCCTACATCAGACCAAAATACTTCACTGACAATTAACAGCCCAA TATCTATAAATAATCAATGAAACCATTATTACCCACACTGTT MitoQ-024-mt chrM 2343 2425 83 CTGCGTCAGATCAAAACACTGAACTGACAATTAACAGCCCAA TATCTACAATCAACCAACAAGTCATTATTACCCTCACTGTC MitoQ-050-g chr1 565441 565564 124 TCATATACCAAATTTCTCCCTCATTAAACGTAAGCCTTCTCCT CACTCTTTCAATCTTATCCATCATGGCAGGCAGTTGAGGTG GATTAAACCAAACCCAACTACGCAAAATCTTAGCATACTC MitoQ-050-mt chrM 4892 5015 124 TCATATACCAAATCTCTCCCTCACTAAACGTAAGCCTTCTCCTC ACTCTCTCAATCTTATCCATCATAGCAGGCAGTTGAGGTGGATT AAACCAAACCCAGCTACGCAAAATCTTAGCATACTC MitoQ-065-g chr1 567041 567141 101 CCTATCTCTCCCAGTCCTAGCCGCTGGCATCACTATACTACTAA CAGACCGTAACCTCAACACCACC TTCTTCGACCCAGCCGGAGGAGGAGACCCCATTC MitoQ-065-mt chrM 6492 6591 100 CCTATCTCTCCCAGTCCTAGCTGCTGGCATCACTATACTACTA ACAGACCGCAACCTCAACACCACCT TCTTCGACCCCGCCGGAGGAGGAGACCCCATT MitoQ-073-g chr17 22028016 22028124 109 CTCCCTAAAAGCAGTAGTGCTAATAATTTTCATAACCTGAGAG ACCTTCGCTTCAAAGCGAAAAGTC CTAATAAATGAGCAACCTTCCACTAACCTAGAGTGGCTGTAG MitoQ-073-mt chr1 567827 567947 121 CATTCATTTCTCTAACAGCAGTAATATTAATAATTTTCATAATTT GAGAAGCCTTCGCTTCGAAGCGA AAAGTCCTAATAGTAGAAGAACCCTCCATAAACCTGGAGTGA CTATATGGATG MitoQ-073-mt chrM 7277 7397 121 CATTCATTTCTCTAACAGCAGTAATATTAATAATTTTCATGATTT GAGAAGCCTTCGCTTCGAAGCGA AAAGTCCTAATAGTAGAAGAACCCTCCATAAACCTGGAGT GACTATATGGATG MitoQ-094-g chr1 569856 570002 147 GATTTCACTTCCACTCCACAACCCTCCTCATACTAGGCCTACT AACCAACACACTAACCATATACCA ATGATGGCGCGATGTAACACGAGAAAGCACATACCAAGGCC ACCACACACCACCTGTCCAGAAAG GCCTTCGATACGGGA MitoQ-094-mt chrM 9308 9454 147 GATTTCACTTCCACTCCATAACGCTCCTCATACTAGGCCTACT AACCAACACACTAACCATATACCAAT GGTGGCGCGATGTAACACGAGAAAGCACATACCAAGGCCA CCACACACCACCTGTCCAAAAAGGC CTTCGATACGGGA MitoQ-110-g chrX 125607017 125607128 112 TAGCTGCTCCCTATCCTTCTCCTCCGACCCCCTAACGACCCC CCTCCTAATACTAACTACCTGACTTCTA CCCCTCACAATCATGGCAAGCCAGCGCCACCTATCCAACGAA MitoQ-110-mt chrM 10910 11021 112 TAGCTGTTCCCCAACCTTTTCCTCCGACCCCCTAACAACCCCC CTCCTAATACTAACTACCTGACTCCTA CCCCTCACAATCATGGCAAGCCAACGCCACTTATCCAGCGAA MitoQ-129-g chr5 93903300 93903410 111 CGGTTGATGGTATGCTCGAACAGATGCCAACACAGCAGCCA TCCCAGCAATCCTATACAACCGTATT GGCGACATTGGCTTCATCCTAGCCCTAGCATGATTCCTCCTACA MitoQ-129-mt chrM 12802 12912 111 CAGTTGATGATACGCCCGAGCAGATGCCAACACAGCAGCCA TTCAAGCAGTCCTATACAACCGTAT CGGCGATATCGGTTTCATCCTCGCCTTAGCATGATTTATCCTACA MitoQ-139-g chr5 93904299 93904398 100 CACAGCCCTAGGCATCACCTTCCTAGGACTTCTGACAGCCCT AGACCTCAACTACTTAACCAACAAA CTCAAAATAAAAAACCCACTGTGTACATTTCAC MitoQ-139-mt chrM 13801 13900 100 CACAGCCCTCGCTGTCACTTTCCTAGGACTTCTAACAGCCCTA GACCTCAACTACCTAACCAACAAA CTTAAAATAAAATCCCCACTATGCACATTTTAT MitoQ-156-g chr5 93906000 93906114 115 CCCAGACAACTACACCCTGACTAACCCCCTAAACACCCCACC CCACATCAAACCCGAATGATATTTCC TATTCGCCTACGCAATTCTCCGATCCATTCCCAAT AAACTAGGAGGC MitoQ-156-mt chrM 15503 15617 115 CCCAGACAATTATACCCTAGCCAACCCCTTAAACACC CCTCCCCACATCAAGCCCGAATGATATTTCC TATTCGCCTACACAATTCTCCGATCCGTCCCTAAC AAACTAGGAGGC SEQ SEQ ID ID Assay Chr NO: UEP NO: Direction Nucleotide WTExtension MitoQ-001-g chr17 762 TCTGGGGGGTNTGCACGC 763 Reverse 22020789 A MitoQ-001-mt chrM 764 TCTGGGGGGTNTGCACGC 765 Reverse 63 G MitoQ-024-g chr17 766 ACTGACAATTAACAGCCCAATATCTA 767 Forward 22023144 T MitoQ-024-mt chrM 768 ACTGACAATTAACAGCCCAATATCTA 769 Forward 2392 C MitoQ-050-g chr1 770 AGCCTTCTCCTCACTCT 771 Forward 565491 T MitoQ-050-mt chrM 772 AGCCTTCTCCTCACTCT 773 Forward 4942 C MitoQ-065-g chr1 774 ATCACTATACTACTAACAGACCG 775 Forward 567093 T MitoQ-065-mt chrM 776 ATCACTATACTACTAACAGACCG 777 Forward 6544 C MitoQ-073-g chr17 778 AAGCGAAAAGTCCTAATAGTA 779 Reverse 22028071 A MitoQ-073-mt chr1 780 AAGCGAAAAGTCCTAATAGTA 781 Reverse 567889 G MitoQ-073-mt chrM 782 AAGCGAAAAGTCCTAATAGTA 783 Reverse 7339 G MitoQ-094-g chr1 784 TGGCGCGATGTAACACG 785 Reverse 569927 A MitoQ-094-mt chrM 786 TGGCGCGATGTAACACG 787 Reverse 9379 G MitoQ-110-g chrX 788 CTCCTAATACTAACTACCTGACT 789 Forward 125607084 T MitoQ-110-mt chrM 790 CTCCTAATACTAACTACCTGACT 791 Forward 10977 C MitoQ-129-g chr5 792 AAGCANTCCTATACAACCGTAT 793 Forward 93903367 T MitoQ-129-mt chrM 794 AAGCANTCCTATACAACCGTAT 795 Forward 12869 C MitoQ-139-g chr5 796 CAGCCCTAGACCTCAACTAC 797 Forward 93904355 T MitoQ-139-mt chrM 798 CAGCCCTAGACCTCAACTAC 799 Forward 13857 C MitoQ-156-g chr5 800 CCCGAATGATATTTCCTATTC 801 Reverse 93906052 A MitoQ-156-mt chrM 802 CCCGAATGATATTTCCTATTC 803 Reverse 15555 G

Example 4—Amplification Using Same Amplification Primer and iPLEX

Table 4: ADF2 Assay design using strategy of universal PCR primers and the same extension primer, please note that each PCR primer has a 10 bp tag to move them out of the MassARRAY window 3500-9000 m/z

Table 5: The alignment showing each primer pair aligning both on nuclear as well as mitochondrial DNA

All samples are set up in 25 uL PCR reactions.

TABLE 4 Assay Design ADF2 Same PCR same UEP Forward SEQ SEQ PCR ID ID WELL TERM primer Reverse PCR primer NO: 1st-PCRP NO: Comment 1 AMP_LEN UP_CONF MP_CONF Tm(NN) PoGC PWARN UEP_DIR UEP_MASS W1 iPLEX Mito-019 ACGTTGGATGGATCTAAAACACTCTTTAC 804 ACGTTGGATGTCACA 805 new FP 74 82.7 98.9 51.1 47.4 h R 5757 CGATTAACCCAAGTC W1 iPLEX Mito-081 ACGTTGGATGTTGTGTAGAGTTCAGGGG 806 ACGTTGGATGCTACA 807 75 92.8 98.9 53.5 58.8 g R 5307 AG ATCTTCCTAGGAACA W1 iPLEX Mito-100 ACGTTGGATGGAGGAGTATGCTAAGATTTT 808 ACGTTGGATGCAGTT 809 75 90.2 98.9 45.7 35 h R 6162 GAGGTGGATTAAACC W1 iPLEX Mito-108 ACGTTGGATGCTACTCCACCTCAATCACAC 810 ACGTTGGATGCATTTT 811 new RP 75 84.3 98.9 46.6 50 F 5324 ATTTTTACGTTGTTAGA W1 iPLEX Mito-129 ACGTTGGATGAGGCCATCAATTTCATCACA 812 ACGTTGGATGGGGTT 813 new FP and 73 93.6 98.9 45.5 21.7 G F 6950 ATGGCAGGGGGTT RP W1 iPLEX Mito-138 ACGTTGGATGCCGGCGTCAAAGTATTTAGC 814 ACGTTGGATGATTTC 815 75 95.2 98.9 46.6 44.4 F 5490 ATATTGCTTCCGTGG W1 iPLEX Mito-162 ACGTTGGATGGCCTAATGTGGGGACAGC 816 ACGTTGGATGTAATA 817 new FP 74 90 98.9 49.7 58.8 g R 5275 ATTACATCACAAGAC W1 iPLEX Mito-172 ACGTTGGATGCTTCATTCATTGCCCCCACA 818 ACGTTGGATGGAATG 819 75 95.6 98.9 52.2 64.7 h F 5100 ATCAGTACTGCGGCG W1 iPLEX Mito-184 ACGTTGGATGCGCCTTAATCCAAGCCTAC 820 ACGTTGGATGGCAGG 821 75 95.6 98.9 46.3 41.2 F 5120 TAGAGGCTTACTAGA W1 iPLEX Mito-204 ACGTTGGATGGGGATATAGGGTCGAAGC 822 ACGTTGGATGGGCTA 823 new FP and 74 93.7 98.9 53.7 52.6 G R 5862 CG CATAGAAAAATCCAC RP Forward PCR primer Reverse PCR primer SEQ ID NO: UEP_SEQ SEQ ID NO: EXT1_CALL EXT1_MASS EXT1_SEQ SEQ ID NO: EXT2_CALL EXT2_MASS EXT2_SEQ Mito-019 ACGTTGGATGGATCT 824 AAAACACTCTT 825 G 6004 AAAACACT 826 A 6083.9 AAAACACTC AAAACACTCTTTAC TACGCCGG CTTTACGCC TTTACGCCG GGC GT Mito-081 ACGTTGGATGTTGTG 828 TTCAGGGGAG 829 G 5553.6 TTCAGGGG 830 A 5633.5 TTCAGGGGA TAGAGTTCAGGGGAG AGTGCGT AGAGTGCG GAGTGCGTT TC Mito-100 ACGTTGGATGGAGGA 832 TATGCTAAGAT 833 G 6409.2 TATGCTAA 834 A 6489.1 TATGCTAAG GTATGCTAAGATTTT TTTGCGTAG GATTTTGC ATTTTGCGT GTAGC AGT Mito-108 ACGTTGGATGCTACT 836 CTCAATCACAC 837 C 55707 CTCAATCAC 838 T 5650.6 CTCAATCAC CCACCTCAATCACAC TACTCCC ACTACTCCCC ACTACTCCCT Mito-129 ACGTTGGATGAGGCC 840 ATCAATTTCAT 841 C 7196.8 ATCAATTTC 842 T 7276.7 ATCAATTTC ATCAATTTCATCACA CACAACAATTAT ATCACAAC ATCACAACA AATTATC ATTATT Mito-138 ACGTTGGATGCCGGC 844 AGTATTTAGCT 845 C 5736.8 AGTATTTA 846 T 5816.7 AGTATTTAG GTCAAAGTATTTAGC GACTCGC GCTGACTC CTGACTCGCT GCC Mito-162 ACGTTGGATGGCCTA 848 GGGACAGCTC 849 G 5522.6 GGGACAGC 850 A 5602.5 GGGACAGC ATGTGGGGACAGC ATGAGTG TCATGAGT TCATGAGTGT GC Mito-172 ACGTTGGATGCTTCA 852 GCCCCCACAAT 853 C 5347.5 GCCCCCAC 854 T 5427.4 GCCCCCACA TTCATTGCCCCCACA CCTAGG AATCCTAG ATCCTAGGT GC Mito-184 ACGTTGGATGCGCCT 856 ATCCAAGCCTA 857 C 5367.5 ATCCAAGC 858 T 5447.4 ATCCAAGCC TAATCCAAGCCTAC CGTTTT CTACGTTTTC TACGTTTTT Mito-204 ACGTTGGATGGGGAT 860 ATATAGGGTC 861 G 6109 ATATAGGG 862 A 6188.9 ATATAGGGT ATAGGGTCGAAGCCG GAAGCCGCA TCGAAGCC CGAAGCCGC GCAC AT Forward PCR primer SEQ ID NO: EXT3_CALL EXT3_MASS EXT3_SEQ EXT4_CALL EXT4_MASS EXT4_SEQ Mito-019 827 Mito-081 831 Mito-100 835 Mito-108 839 Mito-129 843 Mito-138 847 Mito-162 851 Mito-172 855 Mito-184 859 Mito-204 863

TABLE 5 Alignment Using ADF2 SEQ ID Assay Chr Start End Length Amplicon NO: Mito-019 chr5 79947581 79947633 53 TGATCTAAAACACTCTTTACGCCGGTTT 864 CTATTGACTTGGGTTAATCGTGTGA Mito-019 chr11 10531450 10531502 53 TGATCTAAAACACTCTTTATGCCGGTTT 866 CTATTGACTTGGGTTAATCGTGTGA Mito-019 chrM 905 957 53 TCACACGATTAACCCAAGTCAATAGAA 868 GCCGGCGTAAAGAGTGTTTTAGATCA Mito-081 chr1 564572 564625 54 CTACAATCTTCCTAGGAACAACATATAA 870 CGCACTCTCCCCTGAACTCTACACAA Mito-081 chrM 4023 4076 54 CTACAATCTTCCTAGGAACAACATATGA 872 CGCACTCTCCCCTGAACTCTACACAA Mito-100 chr1 565514 565567 54 CAGTTGAGGTGGATTAAACCAAACCCA 874 ACTACGCAAAATCTTAGCATACTCCTC Mito-100 chrM 4965 5018 54 CAGTTGAGGTGGATTAAACCAAACCCA 876 GCTACGCAAAATCTTAGCATACTCCTC Mito-108 chr1 565910 565963 54 CTACTCCACCTCAATCACACTACTCCCTA 878 TATCTAACAACGTAAAAATAAAATG Mito-108 chrM 5361 5414 54 CTACTCCACCTCAATCACACTACTCCCC 880 ATATCTAACAACGTAAAAATAAAATG Mito-129 chr1 566934 566985 52 GCCATCAATTTCATCACAACAATTATTA 882 ATATAAAACCCCCTGCCATAACCC Mito-129 chrM 6385 6436 52 GCCATCAATTTCATCACAACAATTATCA 884 ATATAAAACCCCCTGCCATAACCC Mito-138 chr1 567401 567454 54 CCGGCGTCAAAGTATTTAGCTGACTCG 886 CCACACTCCACGGAAGCAATATGAAAT Mito-138 chr17 51183126 51183179 54 CCGGCGTCAAAGTATTTAGCTGACTCG 888 CTACACTCCACGGAAGCAATATGAAAT Mito-138 chrM 6851 6904 54 CCGGCGTCAAAGTATTTAGCTGACTCG 890 CCACACTCCACGGAAGCAATATGAAAT Mito-162 chr1 568591 568643 53 TAATAATTACATCACAAGACGTCTTACA 892 CTCATGAGCTGTCCCCACATTAGGC Mito-162 chr18 45379691 45379743 53 GCCTAATGTGGGGACAGCTCATGAGTG 894 TAAGACGTCTTGTGATGTAATTATTA Mito-162 chrM 8041 8093 53 TAATAATTACATCACAAGACGTCTTGCA 896 CTCATGAGCTGTCCCCACATTAGGC Mito-172 chr1 569095 569148 54 CTTCATTCATTGCCCCCACAATCCTAGG 898 CCTACCCGCCGCAGTACTGATCATTC Mito-172 chr2 88124641 88124694 54 CTTCATTCATTGCCCCCACAATCCTAGG 900 TCTGCCCGCCGCAGTACTGATCATTC Mito-172 chrM 8547 8600 54 CTTCATTCATTGCCCCCACAATCCTAGG 902 CCTACCCGCCGCAGTACTGATCATTC Mito-184 chr1 569689 569742 54 CTGTCGCCTTAATCCAAGCCTACGTTTT 904 TACACTTCTAGTAAGCCTCTACCTGC Mito-184 chrM 9141 9194 54 CTGTCGCCTTAATCCAAGCCTACGTTTT 906 CACACTTCTAGTAAGCCTCTACCTGC Mito-204 chr17 42075087 42075139 53 TACATAGAAAAATCCACCCCTTACGAAT 908 GCGGCTTCGACCCTATATCCCCCGC Mito-204 chrM 10147 10199 53 TACATAGAAAAATCCACCCCTTACGAGT 910 GCGGCTTCGACCCTATATCCCCCGC SEQ ID Assay Chr UEP NO: Direction Nucleotide WTExtension Mito-019 chr5 AAAACACTCTTTACGCCGG 865 Forward 79947607 T Mito-019 chr11 AAAACACTCTTTACGCCGG 867 Forward 10531476 T Mito-019 chrM CCGGCGTAAAGAGTGTTTT 869 Reverse 933 G Mito-081 chr1 ACGCACTCTCCCCTGAA 871 Reverse 564599 A Mito-081 chrM ACGCACTCTCCCCTGAA 873 Reverse 4050 G Mito-100 chr1 CTACGCAAAATCTTAGCATA 875 Reverse 565542 A Mito-100 chrM CTACGCAAAATCTTAGCATA 877 Reverse 4993 G Mito-108 chr1 CTCAATCACACTACTCCC 879 Forward 565938 T Mito-108 chrM CTCAATCACACTACTCCC 881 Forward 5389 C Mito-129 chr1 ATCAATTTCATCACAACAAT 883 Forward 566961 T TAT Mito-129 chrM ATCAATTTCATCACAACAAT 885 Forward 6412 C TAT Mito-138 chr1 AGTATTTAGCTGACTCGC 887 Forward 567430 C Mito-138 chr17 AGTATTTAGCTGACTCGC 889 Forward 51183155 T Mito-138 chrM AGTATTTAGCTGACTCGC 891 Forward 6880 C Mito-162 chr1 CACTCATGAGCTGTCCC 893 Reverse 568617 A Mito-162 chr18 GGGACAGCTCATGAGTG 895 Forward 45379719 T Mito-162 chrM CACTCATGAGCTGTCCC 897 Reverse 8067 G Mito-172 chr1 GCCCCCACAATCCTAGG 899 Forward 569124 C Mito-172 chr2 GCCCCCACAATCCTAGG 901 Forward 88124670 T Mito-172 chrM GCCCCCACAATCCTAGG 903 Forward 8576 C Mito-184 chr1 ATCCAAGCCTACGTTTT 905 Forward 569718 T Mito-184 chrM ATCCAAGCCTACGTTTT 907 Forward 9170 C Mito-204 chr17 TGCGGCTTCGACCCTATAT 909 Reverse 42075114 A Mito-204 chrM TGCGGCTTCGACCCTATAT 911 Reverse 10174 G

Example 5—Identification of Chimpanzee Mitochondrial/Human Mitochondrial Paralogs and Chimpanzee Nuclear/Human Nuclear Paralogs

Chimpanzee mitochondrial/human mitochondrial paralogs were identified using a R-based algorithm. Utilizing the Biostrings library from the Bioconductor open source software aligned small fragments (50-100 bps) of the human (Homo sapiens) mitochondrial genome (UCSC hg19 build) against the chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) mitochondrial genome (P. troglodytes 2013 assembly). Bioconductor contains memory efficient string containers, string matching algorithms, and other utilities, for fast manipulation of large biological sequences or sets of sequences. Similar nucleotide regions containing at least one mismatch were selected and assays were designed based on these regions. When paralog regions were identified these were verified using the BLAST algorithm from NCBI.

An exemplary protocol is as follows:

-   -   1. The mitochondrial genome was split into shorter fragments (in         the case here 75 bp) and given a name, e.g., Seq-1 is the         mitochondrial genome nt 1-75 and Seq-2 is nucleotides 76-150.     -   2. Each sequence was aligned against the chimpanzee         mitochondrial genome and a certain number of mismatches are         allowed in this case 15 mismatches per sequence. Results are         displayed in Table 6. Shown are sequence number, direction of         DNA (strand) match, start of alignment, end of alignment, length         of alignment (Width) finally regions that are suitable for use         as amplicons (potential amplification primer binding regions)         and sequence. Dashes indicate matches in the sequences and         letters mismatches in the sequences. The human mitochondria is         labelled with hchrM and the chimpanzee is labelled chrM.     -   3. All sequence mismatches can be used for paralog detection (V)         as long as the upstream/downstream regions J and K fit the         strategy for amplification as described below.     -   4. For Co-amplification of chimpanzee and human mitochondrial         polynucleotides with a single amplification primer pair—a region         V surrounded by regions J and K, where V is different between         the chimpanzee and human mitochondrial genomes and J and K are         identical in both the chimpanzee and human mitochondrial genomes         was selected. Amplification primers were designed to bind to a         region within J and K, for amplification of both chimpanzee and         human polynucleotides. Amplicons produced with these         amplification primers include V. The nucleotide at V was         analyzed to distinguish an amplicon of a chimpanzee         mitochondrial polynucleotide from an amplicon of a human         mitochondrial polynucleotide.

The human and chimpanzee nuclear genomes are 99% identical, therefore there are numerous suitable paralog regions. Suitable chimpanzee nuclear/human nuclear paralogs were determined in the same manner as mitochondrial paralogs, e.g., by blasting portions of the human genome against the chimpanzee genome.

TABLE 6 Chimpanzee and Human Mitochondrial Paralogs chrM = Chimpanzee mitochondrial DNA, hchrM = Homo Sapiens mitochondrial DNA, (—) = Alignment Match, Letter (ACGT) = Corresponding chimpanzee mismatch SEQ ID fragment chr strand start end width NO: amplicon Seq-1 chrM Sense 15986 16060 75 912 ----------------------------G----------CT------- ------------------------G-- Seq-1 hchrM Sense 1 75 75 913 GATCACAGGTCTATCACCCTATTAACCACTCACGGGAGCTCTCCATGC ATTTGGTATTTTCGTCTGGGGGGTATG Seq-2 chrM Sense 16061 16135 75 914 ------------------A-------CC-------------------- ----------------------C---T Seq-2 hchrM Sense 76 150 75 915 CACGCGATAGCATTGCGAGACGCTGGAGCCGGAGCACCCTATGTCGCA GTATCTGTCTTTGATTCCTGCCTCATC Seq-3 chrM Sense 16136 16210 75 916 G-------------------------------GAC-T-G-----C--- -----------G--------------- Seq-3 hchrM Sense 151 225 75 917 CTATTATTTATCGCACCTACGTTCAATATTACAGGCGAACATACTTAC TAAAGTGTGTTAATTAATTAATGCTTG Seq-4 hchrM Sense 226 300 75 918 TAGGACATAATAATAACAATTGAATGTCTGCACAGCCACTTTCCACAC AGACATCATAACAAAAAATTTCCACCA Seq-5 chrM Sense 16281 16355 75 919 C--AAA---C---TTC-CC-C------------C-----A-------- -----------------------AG-- Seq-5 hchrM Sense 301 375 75 920 AACCCCCCCTCCCCCGCTTCTGGCCACAGCACTTAAACACATCTCTGC CAAACCCCAAAAACAAAGAACCCTAAC Seq-6 chrM Sense 16356 16430 75 921 G--------G-----C---------C------A--------------- -------------T---T-----TGCC Seq-6 hchrM Sense 376 450 75 922 ACCAGCCTAACCAGATTTCAAATTTTATCTTTTGGCGGTATGCACTTT TAACAGTCACCCCCCAACTAACACATT Seq-7 hchrM Sense 451 525 75 923 ATTTTCCCCTCCCACTCCCATACTACTAATCTCATCAATACAACCCCC GCCCATCCTACCCAGCACACACACACC Seq-8 hchrM Sense 526 600 75 924 GCTGCTAACCCCATACCCCGAACCAACCAAACCCCAAAGACACCCCCC ACAGTTTATGTAGCTTACCTCCTCAAA Seq-9 chrM Sense 25 99 75 925 --------------------C------T-T------------------ -C------------------------- Seq-9 hchrM Sense 601 675 75 926 GCAATACACTGAAAATGTTTAGACGGGCTCACATCACCCCATAAACAA ATAGGTTTGGTCCTAGCCTTTCTATTA Seq-10 hchrM Sense 676 750 75 927 GCTCTTAGTAAGATTACACATGCAAGCATCCCCGTTCCAGTGAGTTCA CCCTCTAAATCACCACGATCAAAAGGA Seq-11 chrM Sense 173 247 75 928 -----T------------------------------------------ --------------G-----------A Seq-11 hchrM Sense 751 825 75 929 ACAAGCATCAAGCACGCAGCAATGCAGCTCAAAACGCTTAGCCTAGCC ACACCCCCACGGGAAACAGCAGTGATT Seq-12 chrM Sense 248 322 75 930 ---------------------------------C---------T---- -----------------T--------- Seq-12 hchrM Sense 826 900 75 931 AACCTTTAGCAATAAACGAAAGTTTAACTAAGCTATACTAACCCCAGG GTTGGTCAATTTCGTGCCAGCCACCGC Seq-13 chrM Sense 323 397 75 932 -----T-----------------------A------------------ ------------C-ATA--GCT-AAAT Seq-13 hchrM Sense 901 975 75 933 GGTCACACGATTAACCCAAGTCAATAGAAGCCGGCGTAAAGAGTGTTT TAGATCACCCCCTCCCCAATAAAGCTA Seq-14 chrM Sense 394 468 75 934 --T--------------------------C---T--------A----- ----------------C-------T-- Seq-14 hchrM Sense 976 1050 75 935 AAACTCACCTGAGTTGTAAAAAACTCCAGTTGACACAAAATAGACTAC GAAAGTGGCTTTAACATATCTGAACAC Seq-15 chrM Sense 469 543 75 936 ------------------------------------------------ -------T-------------T----- Seq-15 hchrM Sense 1051 1125 75 937 ACAATAGCTAAGACCCAAACTGGGATTAGATACCCCACTATGCTTAGC CCTAAACCTCAACAGTTAAATCAACAA Seq-16 chrM Sense 544 618 75 938 ------------------------------------------------ --------------------------- Seq-16 hchrM Sense 1126 1200 75 939 AACTGCTCGCCAGAACACTACGAGCCACAGCTTAAAACTCAAAGGACC TGGCGGTGCTTCATATCCCTCTAGAGG Seq-17 chrM Sense 619 693 75 940 ---------------------------------------G-------- --------------------------- Seq-17 hchrM Sense 1201 1275 75 941 AGCCTGTTCTGTAATCGATAAACCCCGATCAACCTCACCACCTCTTGC TCAGCCTATATACCGCCATCTTCAGCA Seq-18 chrM Sense 694 768 75 942 --------------T------------A-------------------- ------------------T-------- Seq-18 hchrM Sense 1276 1350 75 943 AACCCTGATGAAGGCTACAAAGTAAGCGCAAGTACCCACGTAAAGACG TTAGGTCAAGGTGTAGCCCATGAGGTG Seq-19 chrM Sense 769 843 75 944 ----------------------------------T-------A----- -------C--------A---------- Seq-19 hchrM Sense 1351 1425 75 945 GCAAGAAATGGGCTACATTTTCTACCCCAGAAAACTACGATAGCCCTT ATGAAACTTAAGGGTCGAAGGTGGATT Seq-20 chrM Sense 844 918 75 946 ------------------------------------------------ --------------------------- Seq-20 hchrM Sense 1426 1500 75 947 TAGCAGTAAACTAAGAGTAGAGTGCTTAGTTGAACAGGGCCCTGAAGC GCGTACACACCGCCCGTCACCCTCCTC Seq-21 hchrM Sense 1501 1575 75 948 AAGTATACTTCAAAGGACATTTAACTAAAACCCCTACGCATTTATATA GAGGAGACAAGTCGTAACATGGTAAGT Seq-22 chrM Sense 995 1069 75 949 -------------------------------------------T---- --------------------------- Seq-22 hchrM Sense 1576 1650 75 950 GTACTGGAAAGTGCACTTGGACGAACCAGAGTGTAGCTTAACACAAAG CACCCAACTTACACTTAGGAGATTTCA Seq-23 chrM Sense 1070 1144 75 951 ---C---------A--------C------------------C------ -C--------A---------A------ Seq-23 hchrM Sense 1651 1725 75 952 ACTTAACTTGACCGCTCTGAGCTAAACCTAGCCCCAAACCCACTCCAC CTTACTACCAGACAACCTTAGCCAAAC Seq-24 chrM Sense 1145 1219 75 953 -----------------------------------T--A-C------- ----C---------------------- Seq-24 hchrM Sense 1726 1800 75 954 CATTTACCCAAATAAAGTATAGGCGATAGAAATTGAAACCTGGCGCAA TAGATATAGTACCGCAAGGGAAAGATG Seq-25 chrM Sense 1220 1294 75 955 ----------C------------C-----------------G------ T-------------------------- Seq-25 hchrM Sense 1801 1875 75 956 AAAAATTATAACCAAGCATAATATAGCAAGGACTAACCCCTATACCTT CTGCATAATGAATTAACTAGAAATAAC Seq-26 chrM Sense 1295 1369 75 957 -------A----A----------------------------------- --------------------------- Seq-26 hchrM Sense 1876 1950 75 958 TTTGCAAGGAGAGCCAAAGCTAAGACCCCCGAAACCAGACGAGCTACC TAAGAACAGCTAAAAGAGCACACCCGT Seq-27 chrM Sense 1370 1444 75 959 ------------------------------------------------ --------------------------- Seq-27 hchrM Sense 1951 2025 75 960 CTATGTAGCAAAATAGTGGGAAGATTTATAGGTAGAGGCGACAAACCT ACCGAGCCTGGTGATAGCTGGTTGTCC Seq-28 chrM Sense 1445 1519 75 961 ------------------------------A--T-------------- -------------C------------- Seq-28 hchrM Sense 2026 2100 75 962 AAGATAGAATCTTAGTTCAACTTTAAATTTGCCCACAGAACCCTCTAA ATCCCCTTGTAAATTTAACTGTTAGTC Seq-29 chrM Sense 1520 1594 75 963 -------------------A----------------------A----- --------------------------- Seq-29 hchrM Sense 2101 2175 75 964 CAAAGAGGAACAGCTCTTTGGACACTAGGAAAAAACCTTGTAGAGAGA GTAAAAAATTTAACACCCATAGTAGGC Seq-30 chrM Sense 1595 1669 75 965 ----------------------------------------------A- ---T---G------------C---C- Seq-30 hchrM Sense 2176 2250 75 966 CTAAAAGCAGCCACCAATTAAGAAAGCGTTCAAGCTCAACACCCACTA CCTAAAAAATCCCAAACATATAACTGA Seq-31 chrM Sense 1670 1744 75 967 ------T----------------------T----C------------- --------------------------- Seq-31 hchrM Sense 2251 2325 75 968 ACTCCTCACACCCAATTGGACCAATCTATCACCCTATAGAAGAACTAA TGTTAGTATAAGTAACATGAAAACATT Seq-32 chrM Sense 1745 1819 75 969 -----------------A-A-----CC----T-T-A------------ ------T-------------------- Seq-32 hchrM Sense 2326 2400 75 970 CTCCTCCGCATAAGCCTGCGTCAGATTAAAACACTGAACTGACAATTA ACAGCCCAATATCTACAATCAACCAAC Seq-33 chrM Sense 1820 1894 75 971 ---C-----------C-G----T------------------C--C--- --------------------------- Seq-33 hchrM Sense 2401 2475 75 972 AAGTCATTATTACCCTCACTGTCAACCCAACACAGGCATGCTCATAAG GAAAGGTTAAAAAAAGTAAAAGGAACT Seq-34 chrM Sense 1895 1969 75 973 ----------------------------------------------- T--------------------------G Seq-34 hchrM Sense 2476 2550 75 974 CGGCAAATCTTACCCCGCCTGTTTACCAAAAACATCACCTCTAGCATC ACCAGTATTAGAGGCACCGCCTGCCCA Seq-35 chrM Sense 1970 2044 75 975 ------T----------------------------------------- --------------------------T Seq-35 hchrM Sense 2551 2625 75 976 GTGACACATGTTTAACGGCCGCGGTACCCTAACCGTGCAAAGGTAGCA TAATCACTTGTTCCTTAAATAGGGACC Seq-36 chrM Sense 2045 2119 75 977 ------------------------T----------------C------ ------------A-------------- Seq-36 hchrM Sense 2626 2700 75 978 TGTATGAATGGCTCCACGAGGGTTCAGCTGTCTCTTACTTTTAACCAG TGAAATTGACCTGCCCGTGAAGAGGCG Seq-37 chrM Sense 2120 2194 75 979 ---------T-A-------------------------------C---- ---------A---T---------T--- Seq-37 hchrM Sense 2701 2775 75 980 GGCATAACACAGCAAGACGAGAAGACCCTATGGAGCTTTAATTTATTA ATGCAAACAGTACCTAACAAACCCACA Seq-38 chrM Sense 2195 2269 75 981 ------------TT---------------------------------- -------C-----------------A- Seq-38 hchrM Sense 2776 2850 75 982 GGTCCTAAACTACCAAACCTGCATTAAAAATTTCGGTTGGGGCGACCT CGGAGCAGAACCCAACCTCCGAGCAGT Seq-39 chrM Sense 2270 2344 75 983 ------------C-----------------T-----C-TC-------- -----G--------------------- Seq-39 hchrM Sense 2851 2925 75 984 ACATGCTAAGACTTCACCAGTCAAAGCGAACTACTATACTCAATTGAT CCAATAACTTGACCAACGGAACAAGTT Seq-40 chrM Sense 2345 2419 75 985 -----------------------------C------------------ --------------------------- Seq-40 hchrM Sense 2926 3000 75 986 ACCCTAGGGATAACAGCGCAATCCTATTCTAGAGTCCATATCAACAAT AGGGTTTACGACCTCGATGTTGGATCA Seq-41 chrM Sense 2420 2494 75 987 ------------------------------------------------ --------------------------- Seq-41 hchrM Sense 3001 3075 75 988 GGACATCCCGATGGTGCAGCCGCTATTAAAGGTTCGTTTGTTCAACGA TTAAAGTCCTACGTGATCTGAGTTCAG Seq-42 hchrM Sense 3076 3150 75 989 ACCGGAGTAATCCAGGTCGGTTTCTATCTACNTTCAAATTCCTCCCTG TACGAAAGGACAAGAGAAATAAGGCCT Seq-43 chrM Sense 2569 2643 75 990 ---------------------AA----------T-------T---- CGCC--G-A--------T---------A Seq-43 hchrM Sense 3151 3225 75 991 ACTTCACAAAGCGCCTTCCCCCGTAAATGATATCATCTCAACTTAGTA TTATACCCACACCCACCCAAGAACAGG Seq-44 chrM Sense 2644 2718 75 992 ----------------------------T------------------- ---A----------------------- Seq-44 hchrM Sense 3226 3300 75 993 GTTTGTTAAGATGGCAGAGCCCGGTAATCGCATAAAACTTAAAACTTT ACAGTCAGAGGTTCAATTCCTCTTCTT Seq-45 chrM Sense 2719 2793 75 994 G------C-------A----------------------------C--- --------A--------------A--- Seq-45 hchrM Sense 3301 3375 75 995 AACAACATACCCATGGCCAACCTCCTACTCCTCATTGTACCCATTCTA ATCGCAATGGCATTCCTAATGCTTACC Seq-46 chrM Sense 2794 2868 75 996 --------------------C-----------------T------A-- -----T-T---------T----G--- Seq-46 hchrM Sense 3376 3450 75 997 GAACGAAAAATTCTAGGCTATATACAACTACGCAAAGGCCCCAACGTT GTAGGCCCCTACGGGCTACTACAACCC Seq-47 chrM Sense 2869 2943 75 998 --------------------------T-----A---T--------T-- --T--A-----T--------------- Seq-47 hchrM Sense 3451 3525 75 999 TTCGCTGACGCCATAAAACTCTTCACCAAAGAGCCCCTAAAACCCGCC ACATCTACCATCACCCTCTACATCACC Seq-48 chrM Sense 2944 3018 75 1000 -----A---C----C--------T--C--CT----------------- -----------------A-----T-T Seq-48 hchrM Sense 3526 3600 75 1001 GCCCCGACCTTAGCTCTCACCATCGCTCTTCTACTATGAACCCCCCTC CCCATACCCAACCCCCTGGTCAACCTC Seq-49 chrM Sense 3019 3093 75 1002 ---T----------------------------C--------------- --------------------------- Seq-49 hchrM Sense 3601 3675 75 1003 AACCTAGGCCTCCTATTTATTCTAGCCACCTCTAGCCTAGCCGTTTAC TCAATCCTCTGATCAGGGTGAGCATCA Seq-50 chrM Sense 3094 3168 75 1004 -----G---------T-A-----T-----A------------------ --------C--------T--------T Seq-50 hchrM Sense 3676 3750 75 1005 AACTCAAACTACGCCCTGATCGGCGCACTGCGAGCAGTAGCCCAAACA ATCTCATATGAAGTCACCCTAGCCATC Seq-51 chrM Sense 3169 3243 75 1006 --C-----G-----GC-------------------C--T-----T--- ---G-------------G--------- Seq-51 hchrM Sense 3751 3825 75 1007 ATTCTACTATCAACATTACTAATAAGTGGCTCCTTTAACCTCTCCACC CTTATCACAACACAAGAACACCTCTGA Seq-52 chrM Sense 3244 3318 75 1008 C--A--------A--------C----------------------T--- --------------------T------ Seq-52 hchrM Sense 3826 3900 75 1009 TTACTCCTGCCATCATGACCCTTGGCCATAATATGATTTATCTCCACA CTAGCAGAGACCAACCGAACCCCCTTC Seq-53 chrM Sense 3319 3393 75 1010 ------A-T-----A-A-T-----------------T--T----- G--T--------------T--------T Seq-53 hchrM Sense 3901 3975 75 1011 GACCTTGCCGAAGGGGAGTCCGAACTAGTCTCAGGCTTCAACATCGAA TACGCCGCAGGCCCCTTCGCCCTATTC Seq-54 chrM Sense 3394 3468 75 1012 ----------------T---------------------------TG-- ---------------G-------CA-T Seq-54 hchrM Sense 3976 4050 75 1013 TTCATAGCCGAATACACAAACATTATTATAATAAACACCCTCACCACT ACAATCTTCCTAGGAACAACATATGAC Seq-55 chrM Sense 3469 3543 75 1014 A-T-A------------------G-----------------AG-T--- ------------------C-------- Seq-55 hchrM Sense 4051 4125 75 1015 GCACTCTCCCCTGAACTCTACACAACATATTTTGTCACCAAGACCCTA CTTCTAACCTCCCTGTTCTTATGAATT Seq-56 chrM Sense 3544 3618 75 1016 -----------T--------T-----------G--------------- --------------------------- Seq-56 hchrM Sense 4126 4200 75 1017 CGAACAGCATACCCCCGATTCCGCTACGACCAACTCATACACCTCCTA TGAAAAAACTTCCTACCACTCACCCTA Seq-57 chrM Sense 3619 3693 75 1018 ----C---C-G------A------------C--------------- C--------------------------- Seq-57 hchrM Sense 4201 4275 75 1019 GCATTACTTATATGATATGTCTCCATACCCATTACAATCTCCAGCATT CCCCCTCAAACCTAAGAAATATGTCTG Seq-58 chrM Sense 3694 3768 75 1020 --------A---------------------------T-C---T----- ---------------A----------T Seq-58 hchrM Sense 4276 4350 75 1021 ATAAAAGAGTTACTTTGATAGAGTAAATAATAGGAGCTTAAACCCCCT TATTTCTAGGACTATGAGAATCGAACC Seq-59 chrM Sense 3769 3843 75 1022 ------------------------------------------------ --------------------------- Seq-59 hchrM Sense 4351 4425 75 1023 CATCCCTGAGAATCCAAAATTCTCCGTGCCACCTATCACACCCCATCC TAAAGTAAGGTCAGCTAAATAAGCTAT Seq-60 chrM Sense 3844 3918 75 1024 ----------------------------C------------------- -------A---------A--------- Seq-60 hchrM Sense 4426 4500 75 1025 CGGGCCCATACCCCGAAAATGTTGGTTATACCCTTCCCGTACTAATTA ATCCCCTGGCCCAACCCGTCATCTACT Seq-61 chrM Sense 3919 3993 75 1026 --------C--A-------G-----T--------------A------- ----C---------------------- Seq-61 hchrM Sense 4501 4575 75 1027 CTACCATCTTTGCAGGCACACTCATCACAGCGCTAAGCTCGCACTGAT TTTTTACCTGAGTAGGCCTAGAAATAA Seq-62 chrM Sense 3994 4068 75 1028 -T--A-----------C---A-C----------------G---C--C- ----------C--------A--C--T- Seq-62 hchrM Sense 4576 4650 75 1029 ACATGCTAGCTTTTATTCCAGTTCTAACCAAAAAAATAAACCCTCGTT CCACAGAAGCTGCCATCAAGTATTTCC Seq-63 chrM Sense 4069 4143 75 1030 ----A--------T--G--------T--C--G-------------C-- ---GC---------------------- Seq-63 hchrM Sense 4651 4725 75 1031 TCACGCAAGCAACCGCATCCATAATCCTTCTAATAGCTATCCTCTTCA ACAATATACTCTCCGGACAATGAACCA Seq-64 chrM Sense 4144 4218 75 1032 -------------------------------------T--------A- -G------------------------- Seq-64 hchrM Sense 4726 4800 75 1033 TAACCAATACTACCAATCAATACTCATCATTAATAATCATAATAGCTA TAGCAATAAAACTAGGAATAGCCCCCT Seq-65 chrM Sense 4219 4293 75 1034 -------T-----T-----A-----------------C--A-T----- ----A--C--C---------------T Seq-65 hchrM Sense 4801 4875 75 1035 TTCACTTCTGAGTCCCAGAGGTTACCCAAGGCACCCCTCTGACATCCG GCCTGCTTCTTCTCACATGACAAAAAC Seq-66 chrM Sense 4294 4368 75 1036 -------T--T-----T--------------CT-A-----G------- A------------C--T--------G- Seq-66 hchrM Sense 4876 4950 75 1037 TAGCCCCCATCTCAATCATATACCAAATCTCTCCCTCACTAAACGTAA GCCTTCTCCTCACTCTCTCAATCTTAT Seq-67 chrM Sense 4369 4443 75 1038 ----T-----------C-----C---C-------------A------- -----C----------------C---- Seq-67 hchrM Sense 4951 5025 75 1039 CCATCATAGCAGGCAGTTGAGGTGGATTAAACCAAACCCAGCTACGCA AAATCTTAGCATACTCCTCAATTACCC Seq-68 chrM Sense 4444 4518 75 1040 -------C--------------C-----A--T---------------- -------------C-----C--C---- Seq-68 hchrM Sense 5026 5100 75 1041 ACATAGGATGAATAATAGCAGTTCTACCGTACAACCCTAACATAACCA TTCTTAATTTAACTATTTATATTATCC Seq-69 chrM Sense 4519 4593 75 1042 ----------------T--G--------------------------A- --------------------------- Seq-69 hchrM Sense 5101 5175 75 1043 TAACTACTACCGCATTCCTACTACTCAACTTAAACTCCAGCACCACGA CCCTACTACTATCTCGCACCTGAAACA Seq-70 chrM Sense 4594 4668 75 1044 -----------T----T---C--------------------------- -------A-----A-----T-----C- Seq-70 hchrM Sense 5176 5250 75 1045 AGCTAACATGACTAACACCCTTAATTCCATCCACCCTCCTCTCCCTAG GAGGCCTGCCCCCGCTAACCGGCTTTT Seq-71 chrM Sense 4669 4743 75 1046 -A--------A-TT-C--------------------T---------- ---------------------T----- Seq-71 hchrM Sense 5251 5325 75 1047 TGCCCAAATGGGCCATTATCGAAGAATTCACAAAAAACAATAGCCTCA TCATCCCCACCATCATAGCCACCATCA Seq-72 chrM Sense 4744 4818 75 1048 -T--------------T------------------------------- -T--------T-----------T---- Seq-72 hchrM Sense 5326 5400 75 1049 CCCTCCTTAACCTCTACTTCTACCTACGCCTAATCTACTCCACCTCAA TCACACTACTCCCCATATCTAACAACG Seq-73 chrM Sense 4819 4893 75 1050 ----------------A--C--------------------C------- -T---------A----------A--G- Seq-73 hchrM Sense 5401 5475 75 1051 TAAAAATAAAATGACAGTTTGAACATACAAAACCCACCCCATTCCTCC CCACACTCATCGCCCTTACCACGCTAC Seq-74 chrM Sense 4894 4968 75 1052 -T-----C--------C--C---------------------------- ---GC---------------------- Seq-74 hchrM Sense 5476 5550 75 1053 TCCTACCTATCTCCCCTTTTATACTAATAATCTTATAGAAATTTAGGT TAAATACAGACCAAGAGCCTTCAAAGC Seq-75 chrM Sense 4969 5043 75 1054 ------C-----A----------------C----A------------- --------------------------- Seq-75 hchrM Sense 5551 5625 75 1055 CCTCAGTAAGTTGCAATACTTAATTTCTGTAACAGCTAAGGACTGCAA AACCCCACTCTGCATCAACTGAACGCA Seq-76 chrM Sense 5044 5118 75 1056 ------------------------------------TT---------- -------------T------------- Seq-76 hchrM Sense 5626 5700 75 1057 AATCAGCCACTTTAATTAAGCTAAGCCCTTACTAGACCAATGGGACTT AAACCCACAAACACTTAGTTAACAGCT Seq-77 chrM Sense 5119 5193 75 1058 --A---------------------------------------AA-A-- --------------------------- Seq-77 hchrM Sense 5701 5775 75 1059 AAGCACCCTAATCAACTGGCTTCAATCTACTTCTCCCGCCGCCGGGAA AAAAGGCGGGAGAAGCCCCGGCAGGTT Seq-78 chrM Sense 5194 5268 75 1060 ---------------------------------------------A-- ----------------T---------- Seq-78 hchrM Sense 5776 5850 75 1061 TGAAGCTGCTTCTTCGAATTTGCAATTCAATATGAAAATCACCTCGGA GCTGGTAAAAAGAGGCCTAACCCCTGT Seq-79 hchrM Sense 5851 5925 75 1062 CTTTAGATTTACAGTCCAATGCTTCACTCAGCCATTTTACCTCACCCC CACTGATGTTCGCCGACCGTTGACTAT Seq-80 chrM Sense 5343 5417 75 1063 -------------------T------------------C-------T- ----------------G--------C- Seq-80 hchrM Sense 5926 6000 75 1064 TCTCTACAAACCACAAAGACATTGGAACACTATACCTATTATTCGGCG CATGAGCTGGAGTCCTAGGCACAGCTC Seq-81 chrM Sense 5418 5492 75 1065 ----T-----------G--T--A--A-----A-----------C---- ----T--------------T--C---- Seq-81 hchrM Sense 6001 6075 75 1066 TAAGCCTCCTTATTCGAGCCGAGCTGGGCCAGCCAGGCAACCTTCTAG GTAACGACCACATCTACAACGTTATCG Seq-82 chrM Sense 5493 5567 75 1067 ----------------C-----------------------G--T--T- ----------------------G---- Seq-82 hchrM Sense 6076 6150 75 1068 TCACAGCCCATGCATTTGTAATAATCTTCTTCATAGTAATACCCATCA TAATCGGAGGCTTTGGCAACTGACTAG Seq-83 chrM Sense 5568 5642 75 1069 -----T-G-----T-----------C-----A--C------------- -------------G---C-G--C--T- Seq-83 hchrM Sense 6151 6225 75 1070 TTCCCCTAATAATCGGTGCCCCCGATATGGCGTTTCCCCGCATAAACA ACATAAGCTTCTGACTCTTACCTCCCT Seq-84 chrM Sense 5643 5717 75 1071 ----------T--A--T--------C-----A--A-----C--G---- --------------------------- Seq-84 hchrM Sense 6226 6300 75 1072 CTCTCCTACTCCTGCTCGCATCTGCTATAGTGGAGGCCGGAGCAGGAA CAGGTTGAACAGTCTACCCTCCCTTAG Seq-85 chrM Sense 5718 5792 75 1073 -G--A--------G--T------------------------------- -------T--G-----CA--------- Seq-85 hchrM Sense 6301 6375 75 1074 CAGGGAACTACTCCCACCCTGGAGCCTCCGTAGACCTAACCATCTTCT CCTTACACCTAGCAGGTGTCTCCTCTA Seq-86 chrM Sense 5793 5867 75 1075 --C----A-----T--C-----------------T-----------T- -------G--------------A---- Seq-86 hchrM Sense 6376 6450 75 1076 TCTTAGGGGCCATCAATTTCATCACAACAATTATCAATATAAAACCCC CTGCCATAACCCAATACCAAACGCCCC Seq-87 chrM Sense 5868 5942 75 1077 --------------------------------T-------------C- -------------------------C- Seq-87 hchrM Sense 6451 6525 75 1078 TCTTCGTCTGATCCGTCCTAATCACAGCAGTCCTACTTCTCCTATCTC TCCCAGTCCTAGCTGCTGGCATCACTA Seq-88 chrM Sense 5943 6017 75 1079 -----T-G-----T--T-----------T--------------A---- -G-----------T--------T---- Seq-88 hchrM Sense 6526 6600 75 1080 TACTACTAACAGACCGCAACCTCAACACCACCTTCTTCGACCCCGCCG GAGGAGGAGACCCCATTCTATACCAAC Seq-89 chrM Sense 6018 6092 75 1081 --T-------------T--C-----C---------------------- ----------------T-----C---- Seq-89 hchrM Sense 6601 6675 75 1082 ACCTATTCTGATTTTTCGGTCACCCTGAAGTTTATATTCTTATCCTAC CAGGCTTCGGAATAATCTCCCATATTG Seq-90 chrM Sense 6093 6167 75 1083 -------T-----------------------------T-----C---- -T--------A---------------- Seq-90 hchrM Sense 6676 6750 75 1084 TAACTTACTACTCCGGAAAAAAAGAACCATTTGGATACATAGGTATGG TCTGAGCTATGATATCAATTGGCTTCC Seq-91 chrM Sense 6168 6242 75 1085 ----------------------------------------G------- -------C-----C------------- Seq-91 hchrM Sense 6751 6825 75 1086 TAGGGTTTATCGTGTGAGCACACCATATATTTACAGTAGGAATAGACG TAGACACACGAGCATATTTCACCTCCG Seq-92 chrM Sense 6243 6317 75 1087 -------------T-----T--T------------------C------ ----T-----T---------------- Seq-92 hchrM Sense 6826 6900 75 1088 CTACCATAATCATCGCTATCCCCACCGGCGTCAAAGTATTTAGCTGAC TCGCCACACTCCACGGAAGCAATATGA Seq-93 chrM Sense 6318 6392 75 1089 ----------C-----A--------------G--T--------C---- -------------A--C---------C Seq-93 hchrM Sense 6901 6975 75 1090 AATGATCTGCTGCAGTGCTCTGAGCCCTAGGATTCATCTTTCTTTTCA CCGTAGGTGGCCTGACTGGCATTGTAT Seq-94 chrM Sense 6393 6467 75 1091 --------------T----------G-----------A--------C- ----------------C--T------- Seq-94 hchrM Sense 6976 7050 75 1092 TAGCAAACTCATCACTAGACATCGTACTACACGACACGTACTACGTTG TAGCCCACTTCCACTATGTCCTATCAA Seq-95 chrM Sense 6468 6542 75 1093 -------------C-----------------------------C---- -------------T------------- Seq-95 hchrM Sense 7051 7125 75 1094 TAGGAGCTGTATTTGCCATCATAGGAGGCTTCATTCACTGATTTCCCC TATTCTCAGGCTACACCCTAGACCAAA Seq-96 chrM Sense 6543 6617 75 1095 ----T-----------A--TG-C-----G-----T--------C---- -C-----------G-----C--T---- Seq-96 hchrM Sense 7126 7200 75 1096 CCTACGCCAAAATCCATTTCACTATCATATTCATCGGCGTAAATCTAA CTTTCTTCCCACAACACTTTCTCGGCC Seq-97 chrM Sense 6618 6692 75 1097 ----T--G---------------------------------------- -------TG----------C------- Seq-97 hchrM Sense 7201 7275 75 1098 TATCCGGAATGCCCCGACGTTACTCGGACTACCCCGATGCATACACCA CATGAAACATCCTATCATCTGTAGGCT Seq-98 chrM Sense 6693 6767 75 1099 ----T--C--C--G--------------------------------- -------T-----A--A---------- Seq-98 hchrM Sense 7276 7350 75 1100 CATTCATTTCTCTAACAGCAGTAATATTAATAATTTTCATGATTTGAG AAGCCTTCGCTTCGAAGCGAAAAGTCC Seq-99 chrM Sense 6768 6842 75 1101 -------------G------GC---------A---------------- --------------------------- Seq-99 hchrM Sense 7351 7425 75 1102 TAATAGTAGAAGAACCCTCCATAAACCTGGAGTGACTATATGGATGCC CCCCACCCTACCACACATTCGAAGAAC Seq-100 chrM Sense 6843 6917 75 1103 ---------------------------------------------T- ------------------------A- Seq-100 hchrM Sense 7426 7500 75 1104 CCGTATACATAAAATCTAGACAAAAAAGGAAGGAATCGAACCCCCCAA AGCTGGTTTCAAGCCAACCCCATGGCC Seq-101 chrM Sense 6918 6992 75 1105 --------------------A------------T-------------- --------------C---T---CC--C Seq-101 hchrM Sense 7501 7575 75 1106 TCCATGACTTTTTCAAAAAGGTATTAGAAAAACCATTTCATAACTTTG TCAAAGTTAAATTATAGGCTAAATCCT Seq-102 chrM Sense 6993 7067 75 1107 G-----------------------------------------T----- ------------------A-----T-T Seq-102 hchrM Sense 7576 7650 75 1108 ATATATCTTAATGGCACATGCAGCGCAAGTAGGTCTACAAGACGCTAC TTCCCCTATCATAGAAGAGCTTATCAC Seq-103 chrM Sense 7068 7142 75 1109 ------C--C--T-----------T--C--T--C--------T----- ---A--C-------------------- Seq-103 hchrM Sense 7651 7725 75 1110 CTTTCATGATCACGCCCTCATAATCATTTTCCTTATCTGCTTCCTAGT CCTGTATGCCCTTTTCCTAACACTCAC Seq-104 chrM Sense 7143 7217 75 1111 --------------------GT--T--------C-------------- --------------------------- Seq-104 hchrM Sense 7726 7800 75 1112 AACAAAACTAACTAATACTAACATCTCAGACGCTCAGGAAATAGAAAC CGTCTGAACTATCCTGCCCGCCATCAT Seq-105 chrM Sense 7218 7292 75 1113 ---------T--T-----A--------G--T----------------- ------------C------T----T-- Seq-105 hchrM Sense 7801 7875 75 1114 CCTAGTCCTCATCGCCCTCCCATCCCTACGCATCCTTTACATAACAGA CGAGGTCAACGATCCCTCCCTTACCAT Seq-106 chrM Sense 7293 7367 75 1115 T--------C-----T-----A--T-----------A----------- ------G-------------------- Seq-106 hchrM Sense 7876 7950 75 1116 CAAATCAATTGGCCACCAATGGTACTGAACCTACGAGTACACCGACTA CGGCGGACTAATCTTCAACTCCTACAT Seq-107 chrM Sense 7368 7442 75 1117 ---C-----------T-----------T--T--A-------------- ---T--C-----G--C-----AG---- Seq-107 hchrM Sense 7951 8025 75 1118 ACTTCCCCCATTATTCCTAGAACCAGGCGACCTGCGACTCCTTGACGT TGACAATCGAGTAGTACTCCCGATTGA Seq-108 chrM Sense 7443 7517 75 1119 -------G-------------------------T--TC-A-------- ------T------------C------- Seq-108 hchrM Sense 8026 8100 75 1120 AGCCCCCATTCGTATAATAATTACATCACAAGACGTCTTGCACTCATG AGCTGTCCCCACATTAGGCTTAAAAAC Seq-109 chrM Sense 7518 7592 75 1121 ---C-------------C-----------------------C----- ---A--A-----------C-------- Seq-109 hchrM Sense 8101 8175 75 1122 AGATGCAATTCCCGGACGTCTAAACCAAACCACTTTCACCGCTACACG ACCGGGGGTATACTACGGTCAATGCTC Seq-110 chrM Sense 7593 7667 75 1123 A--------------------------T--A----------------- ---C--T------------------- Seq-110 hchrM Sense 8176 8250 75 1124 TGAAATCTGTGGAGCAAACCACAGTTTCATGCCCATCGTCCTAGAATT AATTCCCCTAAAAATCTTTGAAATAGG Seq-111 hchrM Sense 8251 8325 75 1125 GCCCGTATTTACCCTATAGCACCCCCTCTACCCCCTCTAGAGCCCACT GTAAAGCTAACTTAGCATTAACCTTTT Seq-112 chrM Sense 7744 7818 75 1126 -----------------G---G-------------------------- ---------CG-------A-------- Seq-112 hchrM Sense 8326 8400 75 1127 AAGTTAAAGATTAAGAGAACCAACACCTCTTTACAGTGAAATGCCCCA ACTAAATACTACCGTATGGCCCACCAT Seq-113 chrM Sense 7819 7893 75 1128 ------------------G--------T---G---------------- ------TT----T-----T-----C- Seq-113 hchrM Sense 8401 8475 75 1129 AATTACCCCCATACTCCTTACACTATTCCTCATCACCCAACTAAAAAT ATTAAACACAAACTACCACCTACCTCC Seq-114 chrM Sense 7894 7968 75 1130 ---------A-----------------C--C--T-------------- -----------------A--------- Seq-114 hchrM Sense 8476 8550 75 1131 CTCACCAAAGCCCATAAAAATAAAAAATTATAACAAACCCTGAGAACC AAAATGAACGAAAATCTGTTCGCTTCA Seq-115 chrM Sense 7969 8043 75 1132 ---GC-------------------T----------------A------ -----C---------C--G-------T Seq-115 hchrM Sense 8551 8625 75 1133 TTCATTGCCCCCACAATCCTAGGCCTACCCGCCGCAGTACTGATCATT CTATTTCCCCCTCTATTGATCCCCACC Seq-116 chrM Sense 8044 8118 75 1134 --T---C----------------------T------------------ --TC----G--------------A--- Seq-116 hchrM Sense 8626 8700 75 1135 TCCAAATATCTCATCAACAACCGACTAATCACCACCCAACAATGACTA ATCAAACTAACCTCAAAACAAATGATA Seq-117 chrM Sense 8119 8193 75 1136 --T-------G------------------------C------------ ---------------A-------C--T Seq-117 hchrM Sense 8701 8775 75 1137 ACCATACACAACACTAAAGGACGAACCTGATCTCTTATACTAGTATCC TTAATCATTTTTATTGCCACAACTAAC Seq-118 chrM Sense 8194 8268 75 1138 --T--T--G--T--A--C--------C--------------------- -----------------T------C-- Seq-118 hchrM Sense 8776 8850 75 1139 CTCCTCGGACTCCTGCCTCACTCATTTACACCAACCACCCAACTATCT ATAAACCTAGCCATGGCCATCCCCTTA Seq-119 chrM Sense 8269 8343 75 1140 -----A---G----AG-C-------------T-----C---------- -----------------G--------- Seq-119 hchrM Sense 8851 8925 75 1141 TGAGCGGGCACAGTGATTATAGGCTTTCGCTCTAAGATTAAAAATGCC CTAGCCCACTTCTTACCACAAGGCACA Seq-120 chrM Sense 8344 8418 75 1142 ---------------------------C--------T--T------ ------------------T-A------ Seq-120 hchrM Sense 8926 9000 75 1143 CCTACACCCCTTATCCCCATACTAGTTATTATCGAAACCATCAGCCTA CTCATTCAACCAATAGCCCTGGCCGTA Seq-121 chrM Sense 8419 8493 75 1144 --T--------------------------------------------- -----------A------T-------T Seq-121 hchrM Sense 9001 9075 75 1145 CGCCTAACCGCTAACATTACTGCAGGCCACCTACTCATGCACCTAATT GGAAGCGCCACCCTAGCAATATCAACC Seq-122 chrM Sense 8494 8568 75 1146 --C--T--A----A-G----C--T-----------------C------ -----T-----G-----C--------- Seq-122 hchrM Sense 9076 9150 75 1147 ATTAACCTTCCCTCTACACTTATCATCTTCACAATTCTAATTCTACTG ACTATCCTAGAAATCGCTGTCGCCTTA Seq-123 chrM Sense 8569 8643 75 1148 -----------------T-----------G------------------ --------------------------- Seq-123 hchrM Sense 9151 9225 75 1149 ATCCAAGCCTACGTTTTCACACTTCTAGTAAGCCTCTACCTGCACGAC AACACATAATGACCCACCAATCACATG Seq-124 chrM Sense 8644 8718 75 1150 ----C--C---------------------------------------- -G-----------A-----------G- Seq-124 hchrM Sense 9226 9300 75 1151 CCTATCATATAGTAAAACCCAGCCCATGACCCCTAACAGGGGCCCTCT CAGCCCTCCTAATGACCTCCGGCCTAG Seq-125 chrM Sense 8719 8793 75 1152 ----A-----C------T------C---A--A----C-------T--- ----T------T-G--------T---- Seq-125 hchrM Sense 9301 9375 75 1153 CCATGTGATTTCACTTCCACTCCATAACGCTCCTCATACTAGGCCTAC TAACCAACACACTAACCATATACCAAT Seq-126 chrM Sense 8794 8868 75 1154 ----A--------T-T-------G------------------------ ----C-----------T--C-----T- Seq-126 hchrM Sense 9376 9450 75 1155 GATGGCGCGATGTAACACGAGAAAGCACATACCAAGGCCACCACACAC CACCTGTCCAAAAAGGCCTTCGATACG Seq-127 chrM Sense 8869 8943 75 1156 -------T--T--------------------------T---------- -T-----T--C---------------- Seq-127 hchrM Sense 9451 9525 75 1157 GGATAATCCTATTTATTACCTCAGAAGTTTTTTTCTTCGCAGGATTTT TCTGAGCCTTTTACCACTCCAGCCTAG Seq-128 chrM Sense 8944 9018 75 1158 -------------GC-------A-----------------T--T---- -A------------------------- Seq-128 hchrM Sense 9526 9600 75 1159 CCCCTACCCCCCAATTAGGAGGGCACTGGCCCCCAACAGGCATCACCC CGCTAAATCCCCTAGAAGTCCCACTCC Seq-129 chrM Sense 9019 9093 75 1160 ----------T--------------------------T--T-----C- -T--C--CT----------T------- Seq-129 hchrM Sense 9601 9675 75 1161 TAAACACATCCGTATTACTCGCATCAGGAGTATCAATCACCTGAGCTC ACCATAGTCTAATAGAAAACAACCGAA Seq-130 chrM Sense 9094 9168 75 1162 ----------------------------G---C----A-----T---- ----------------------A--T- Seq-130 hchrM Sense 9676 9750 75 1163 ACCAAATAATTCAAGCACTGCTTATTACAATTTTACTGGGTCTCTATT TTACCCTCCTACAAGCCTCAGAGTACT Seq-131 chrM Sense 9169 9243 75 1164 ----A--C--T--T-----------T--------------------C- -------------------------C- Seq-131 hchrM Sense 9751 9825 75 1165 TCGAGTCTCCCTTCACCATTTCCGACGGCATCTACGGCTCAACATTTT TTGTAGCCACAGGCTTCCACGGACTTC Seq-132 chrM Sense 9244 9318 75 1166 -------------A---------------------C------------ -------------C------------- Seq-132 hchrM Sense 9826 9900 75 1167 ACGTCATTATTGGCTCAACTTTCCTCACTATCTGCTTCATCCGCCAAC TAATATTTCACTTTACATCCAAACATC Seq-133 chrM Sense 9319 9393 75 1168 ----C-----TC-------------------A--C--C--------A- -C-----------A--------T--T- Seq-133 hchrM Sense 9901 9975 75 1169 ACTTTGGCTTCGAAGCCGCCGCCTGATACTGGCATTTTGTAGATGTGG TTTGACTATTTCTGTATGTCTCCATCT Seq-134 chrM Sense 9394 9468 75 1170 -C--------A-------------------G----------------- --------------------------- Seq-134 hchrM Sense 9976 10050 75 1171 ATTGATGAGGGTCTTACTCTTTTAGTATAAATAGTACCGTTAACTTCC AATTAACTAGTTTTGACAACATTCAAA Seq-135 chrM Sense 9469 9543 75 1172 ------------------T-C------------C---T-----T---- --C-------G--------C-----C- Seq-135 hchrM Sense 10051 10125 75 1173 AAAGAGTAATAAACTTCGCCTTAATTTTAATAATCAACACCCTCCTAG CCTTACTACTAATAATTATTACATTTT Seq-136 chrM Sense 9544 9618 75 1174 -----------------A----------------T-----------A- -T------------------------- Seq-136 hchrM Sense 10126 10200 75 1175 GACTACCACAACTCAACGGCTACATAGAAAAATCCACCCCTTACGAGT GCGGCTTCGACCCTATATCCCCCGCCC Seq-137 chrM Sense 9619 9693 75 1176 -------C--------------T---C-------C--C------C--- -------C-----------------A- Seq-137 hchrM Sense 10201 10275 75 1177 GCGTCCCTTTCTCCATAAAATTCTTCTTAGTAGCTATTACCTTCTTAT TATTTGATCTAGAAATTGCCCTCCTTT Seq-138 chrM Sense 9694 9768 75 1178 -G---T----T--------------GG-C-----A-----------C- CA-----------------T-CT---- Seq-138 hchrM Sense 10276 10350 75 1179 TACCCCTACCATGAGCCCTACAAACAACTAACCTGCCACTAATAGTTA TGTCATCCCTCTTATTAATCATCATCC Seq-139 chrM Sense 9769 9843 75 1180 ----------C--C-----C--A---T----------G---------- ----------------------T---- Seq-139 hchrM Sense 10351 10425 75 1181 TAGCCCTAAGTCTGGCCTATGAGTGACTACAAAAAGGATTAGACTGAA CCGAATTGGTATATAGTTTAAACAAAA Seq-140 chrM Sense 9844 9918 75 1182 ------------------------------------------------ ----T-----T---------------- Seq-140 hchrM Sense 10426 10500 75 1183 CGAATGATTTCGACTCATTAAATTATGATAATCATATTTACCAAATGC CCCTCATTTACATAAATATTATACTAG Seq-141 chrM Sense 9919 9993 75 1184 ----------------------------------------------A- ----T---------------------- Seq-141 hchrM Sense 10501 10575 75 1185 CATTTACCATCTCACTTCTAGGAATACTAGTATATCGCTCACACCTCA TATCCTCCCTACTATGCCTAGAAGGAA Seq-142 chrM Sense 9994 10068 75 1186 ----------A--------C-----C--C--------------T--T- ----------------------A--C- Seq-142 hchrM Sense 10576 10650 75 1187 TAATACTATCGCTGTTCATTATAGCTACTCTCATAACCCTCAACACCC ACTCCCTCTTAGCCAATATTGTGCCTA Seq-143 chrM Sense 10069 10143 75 1188 -CA----------------T--------------A--A--T-----A- -------T--------T---------- Seq-143 hchrM Sense 10651 10725 75 1189 TTGCCATACTAGTCTTTGCCGCCTGCGAAGCAGCGGTGGGCCTAGCCC TACTAGTCTCAATCTCCAACACATATG Seq-144 chrM Sense 10144 10218 75 1190 --T--------------------------------------------- -A----G-------------------- Seq-144 hchrM Sense 10726 10800 75 1191 GCCTAGACTACGTACATAACCTAAACCTACTCCAATGCTAAAACTAAT CGTCCCAACAATTATATTACTACCACT Seq-145 chrM Sense 10219 10293 75 1192 A------T-C--T-------GT-----------------------T-- ------------C----C---T--CT- Seq-145 hchrM Sense 10801 10875 75 1193 GACATGACTTTCCAAAAAACACATAATTTGAATCAACACAACCACCCA CAGCCTAATTATTAGCATCATCCCTCT Seq-146 chrM Sense 10294 10368 75 1194 ------------------T--------------C----------TGC- ---C------------T-------T-- Seq-146 hchrM Sense 10876 10950 75 1195 ACTATTTTTTAACCAAATCAACAACAACCTATTTAGCTGTTCCCCAAC CTTTTCCTCCGACCCCCTAACAACCCC Seq-147 chrM Sense 10369 10443 75 1196 ----------T-----G-T-----T-----------------A----- ---G------C------AC-------- Seq-147 hchrM Sense 10951 11025 75 1197 CCTCCTAATACTAACTACCTGACTCCTACCCCTCACAATCATGGCAAG CCAACGCCACTTATCCAGTGAACCACT Seq-148 chrM Sense 10444 10518 75 1198 ------------------------C--G-----T-----C-------- ----------------T-G-------- Seq-148 hchrM Sense 11026 11100 75 1199 ATCACGAAAAAAACTCTACCTCTCTATACTAATCTCCCTACAAATCTC CTTAATTATAACATTCACAGCCACAGA Seq-149 chrM Sense 10519 10593 75 1200 G-----T---------------------------------------C- ------------------G--T----- Seq-149 hchrM Sense 11101 11175 75 1201 ACTAATCATATTTTATATCTTCTTCGAAACCACACTTATCCCCACCTT GGCTATCATCACCCGATGAGGCAACCA Seq-150 chrM Sense 10594 10668 75 1202 A--------------------T-----------------T-------- ---------C----------------- Seq-150 hchrM Sense 11176 11250 75 1203 GCCAGAACGCCTGAACGCAGGCACATACTTCCTATTCTACACCCTAGT AGGCTCCCTTCCCCTACTCATCGCACT Seq-151 chrM Sense 10669 10743 75 1204 ---C--T--C-----------------------T--C---T------- ---T--AA-----------------A- Seq-151 hchrM Sense 11251 11325 75 1205 AATTTACACTCACAACACCCTAGGCTCACTAAACATTCTACTACTCAC TCTCACTGCCCAAGAACTATCAAACTC Seq-152 chrM Sense 10744 10818 75 1206 ---------------------------G-----G--G-----C--G-- ---A-----C---------------C- Seq-152 hchrM Sense 11326 11400 75 1207 CTGAGCCAACAACTTAATATGACTAGCTTACACAATAGCTTTTATAGT AAAGATACCTCTTTACGGACTCCACTT Seq-153 chrM Sense 10819 10893 75 1208 ------------------------------T--T--C--------G-- ------T---------------T---- Seq-153 hchrM Sense 11401 11475 75 1209 ATGACTCCCTAAAGCCCATGTCGAAGCCCCCATCGCTGGGTCAATAGT ACTTGCCGCAGTACTCTTAAAACTAGG Seq-154 chrM Sense 10894 10968 75 1210 T--------C--------------------C-----------A----- ---T--------T--------CA-GT- Seq-154 hchrM Sense 11476 11550 75 1211 CGGCTATGGTATAATACGCCTCACACTCATTCTCAACCCCCTGACAAA ACACATAGCCTACCCCTTCCTTGTACT Seq-155 chrM Sense 10969 11043 75 1212 G---T-------T-----C--------------------G-------- -------------------------C- Seq-155 hchrM Sense 11551 11625 75 1213 ATCCCTATGAGGCATAATTATAACAAGCTCCATCTGCCTACGACAAAC AGACCTAAAATCGCTCATTGCATACTC Seq-156 chrM Sense 11044 11118 75 1214 ----G------------------------------------------- ----------------------A-T-- Seq-156 hchrM Sense 11626 11700 75 1215 TTCAATCAGCCACATAGCCCTCGTAGTAACAGCCATTCTCATCCAAAC CCCCTGAAGCTTCACCGGCGCAGTCAT Seq-157 chrM Sense 11119 11193 75 1216 C-----------------A---------------T---C--------- ---------T--T--------C----- Seq-157 hchrM Sense 11701 11775 75 1217 TCTCATAATCGCCCACGGGCTTACATCCTCATTACTATTCTGCCTAGC AAACTCAAACTACGAACGCACTCACAG Seq-158 chrM Sense 11194 11268 75 1218 ------------T-----C----------------------------- ---C-----------C--G-------- Seq-158 hchrM Sense 11776 11850 75 1219 TCGCATCATAATCCTCTCTCAAGGACTTCAAACTCTACTCCCACTAAT AGCTTTTTGATGACTTCTAGCAAGCCT Seq-159 chrM Sense 11269 11343 75 1220 -------------C-------T--C-----T--C--A--G-------- C------------T-A----------- Seq-159 hchrM Sense 11851 11925 75 1221 CGCTAACCTCGCCTTACCCCCCACTATTAACCTACTGGGAGAACTCTC TGTGCTAGTAACCACGTTCTCCTGATC Seq-160 chrM Sense 11344 11418 75 1222 -----C------------C------T-----------A---------- G--------------G----------- Seq-160 hchrM Sense 11926 12000 75 1223 AAATATCACTCTCCTACTTACAGGACTCAACATACTAGTCACAGCCCT ATACTCCCTCTACATATTTACCACAAC Seq-161 chrM Sense 11419 11493 75 1224 ------A-----------------------T-G------G-------- ---------------T-----A--TT- Seq-161 hchrM Sense 12001 12075 75 1225 ACAATGGGGCTCACTCACCCACCACATTAACAACATAAAACCCTCATT CACACGAGAAAACACCCTCATGTTCAT Seq-162 chrM Sense 11494 11568 75 1226 ---------------C-----T-----------T--T--T-----C-- T--A--CA----C-------------- Seq-162 hchrM Sense 12076 12150 75 1227 ACACCTATCCCCCATTCTCCTCCTATCCCTCAACCCCGACATCATTAC CGGGTTTTCCTCTTGTAAATATAGTTT Seq-163 chrM Sense 11569 11643 75 1228 --------------------------------------C--------- -----------------T-T------- Seq-163 hchrM Sense 12151 12225 75 1229 AACCAAAACATCAGATTGTGAATCTGACAACAGAGGCTTACGACCCCT TATTTACCGAGAAAGCTCACAAGAACT Seq-164 chrM Sense 11644 11718 75 1230 --------G-ATT------C---------------------------- ----------T---------------- Seq-164 hchrM Sense 12226 12300 75 1231 GCTAACTCATGCCCCCATGTCTAACAACATGGCTTTCTCAACTTTTAA AGGATAACAGCTATCCATTGGTCTTAG Seq-165 chrM Sense 11719 11793 75 1232 ---------------------------------------------T- TG----C---------T--G----A--- Seq-165 hchrM Sense 12301 12375 75 1233 GCCCCAAAAATTTTGGTGCAACTCCAAATAAAAGTAATAACCATGCAC ACTACTATAACCACCCTAACCCTGACT Seq-166 chrM Sense 11794 11868 75 1234 ---T----------------CGG-G-----A----------------- -----------------C--G------ Seq-166 hchrM Sense 12376 12450 75 1235 TCCCTAATTCCCCCCATCCTTACCACCCTCGTTAACCCTAACAAAAAA AACTCATACCCCCATTATGTAAAATCC Seq-167 chrM Sense 11869 11943 75 1236 ---A----------------C--T--C--T------------------ --A---------------AC------- Seq-167 hchrM Sense 12451 12525 75 1237 ATTGTCGCATCCACCTTTATTATCAGTCTCTTCCCCACAACAATATTC ATGTGCCTAGACCAAGAAGTTATTATC Seq-168 chrM Sense 11944 12018 75 1238 -----------------A-----------------A--------G--- --T-----------T----------C- Seq-168 hchrM Sense 12526 12600 75 1239 TCGAACTGACACTGAGCCACAACCCAAACAACCCAGCTCTCCCTAAGC TTCAAACTAGACTACTTCTCCATAATA Seq-169 chrM Sense 12019 12093 75 1240 --T-----C------C-------------A------------------ --A---------G----------C--- Seq-169 hchrM Sense 12601 12675 75 1241 TTCATCCCTGTAGCATTGTTCGTTACATGGTCCATCATAGAATTCTCA CTGTGATATATAAACTCAGACCCAAAC Seq-170 chrM Sense 12094 12168 75 1242 --C--C--A-----------CT----T--------------T------ ---C----C------------------ Seq-170 hchrM Sense 12676 12750 75 1243 ATTAATCAGTTCTTCAAATATCTACTCATCTTCCTAATTACCATACTA ATCTTAGTTACCGCTAACAACCTATTC Seq-171 chrM Sense 12169 12243 75 1244 -----C--------------A--------------------TC-A--- --T--C-----G---------A----- Seq-171 hchrM Sense 12751 12825 75 1245 CAACTGTTCATCGGCTGAGAGGGCGTAGGAATTATATCCTTCTTGCTC ATCAGTTGATGATACGCCCGAGCAGAT Seq-172 chrM Sense 12244 12318 75 1246 -----------------C--------------T-----------T--- --T-----TG----A---C-------- Seq-172 hchrM Sense 12826 12900 75 1247 GCCAACACAGCAGCCATTCAAGCAATCCTATACAACCGTATCGGCGAT ATCGGTTTCATCCTCGCCTTAGCATGA Seq-173 chrM Sense 12319 12393 75 1248 ---C----------------------T------------AT---C--- -GTA-----A--GA---T--T------ Seq-173 hchrM Sense 12901 12975 75 1249 TTTATCCTACACTCCAACTCATGAGACCCACAACAAATAGCCCTTCTA AACGCTAATCCAAGCCTCACCCCACTA Seq-174 chrM Sense 12394 12468 75 1250 ------T----------------------------T---C----C-- T--------------------------- Seq-174 hchrM Sense 12976 13050 75 1251 CTAGGCCTCCTCCTAGCAGCAGCAGGCAAATCAGCCCAATTAGGTCTC CACCCCTGACTCCCCTCAGCCATAGAA Seq-175 chrM Sense 12469 12543 75 1252 -----T-----T--T-----------------------C-----C--- ------------C-------------- Seq-175 hchrM Sense 13051 13125 75 1253 GGCCCCACCCCAGTCTCAGCCCTACTCCACTCAAGCACTATAGTTGTA GCAGGAATCTTCTTACTCATCCGCTTC Seq-176 chrM Sense 12544 12618 75 1254 T-------------G----A------------------C--G------ C----------------C--A------ Seq-176 hchrM Sense 13126 13200 75 1255 CACCCCCTAGCAGAAAATAGCCCACTAATCCAAACTCTAACACTATGC TTAGGCGCTATCACCACTCTGTTCGCA Seq-177 chrM Sense 12619 12693 75 1256 --------------C--------------------------G------ -----------C--------------- Seq-177 hchrM Sense 13201 13275 75 1257 GCAGTCTGCGCCCTTACACAAAATGACATCAAAAAAATCGTAGCCTTC TCCACTTCAAGTCAACTAGGACTCATA Seq-178 chrM Sense 12694 12768 75 1258 --------------T--------------------------T------ --C--------T--------------- Seq-178 hchrM Sense 13276 13350 75 1259 ATAGTTACAATCGGCATCAACCAACCACACCTAGCATTCCTGCACATC TGTACCCACGCCTTCTTCAAAGCCATA Seq-179 chrM Sense 12769 12843 75 1260 -----C--A--------A-----T--T--------C--T-----G--- --C------------------T----- Seq-179 hchrM Sense 13351 13425 75 1261 CTATTTATGTGCTCCGGGTCCATCATCCACAACCTTAACAATGAACAA GATATTCGAAAAATAGGAGGACTACTC Seq-180 chrM Sense 12844 12918 75 1262 -----------C--------------------------G--------- --------------C------------ Seq-180 hchrM Sense 13426 13500 75 1263 AAAACCATACCTCTCACTTCAACCTCCCTCACCATTGGCAGCCTAGCA TTAGCAGGAATACCTTTCCTCACAGGT Seq-181 chrM Sense 12919 12993 75 1264 ----------------T---------------T--------------- --------------------------- Seq-181 hchrM Sense 13501 13575 75 1265 TTCTACTCCAAAGACCACATCATCGAAACCGCAAACATATCATACACA AACGCCTGAGCCCTATCTATTACTCTC Seq-182 chrM Sense 12994 13068 75 1266 -----C-----T--------------C-----C--------C--C--- --------------------------A Seq-182 hchrM Sense 13576 13650 75 1267 ATCGCTACCTCCCTGACAAGCGCCTATAGCACTCGAATAATTCTTCTC ACCCTAACAGGTCAACCTCGCTTCCCC Seq-183 chrM Sense 13069 13143 75 1268 -----C--C--------------C--------T--GT----T------ --------AA-CATT------T----T Seq-183 hchrM Sense 13651 13725 75 1269 ACCCTTACTAACATTAACGAAAATAACCCCACCCTACTAAACCCCATT AAACGCCTGGCAGCCGGAAGCCTATTC Seq-184 hchrM Sense 13726 13800 75 1270 GCAGGATTTCTCATTACTAACAACATTTCCCCCGCATCCCCCTTCCAA ACAACAATCCCCCTCTACCTAAAACTC Seq-185 chrM Sense 13219 13293 75 1271 --------A-GC--T----C---------------------------- --T----------G---G--C------ Seq-185 hchrM Sense 13801 13875 75 1272 ACAGCCCTCGCTGTCACTTTCCTAGGACTTCTAACAGCCCTAGACCTC AACTACCTAACCAACAAACTTAAAATA Seq-186 chrM Sense 13294 13368 75 1273 -------------AT------C-C-----T--T--------------- ----A---T-T-------T-G------ Seq-186 hchrM Sense 13876 13950 75 1274 AAATCCCCACTATGCACATTTTATTTCTCCAACATACTCGGATTCTAC CCTAGCATCACACACCGCACAATCCCC Seq-187 chrM Sense 13369 13443 75 1275 -----------------A-----------A--------T--T------ --G-----------G--A--------- Seq-187 hchrM Sense 13951 14025 75 1276 TATCTAGGCCTTCTTACGAGCCAAAACCTGCCCCTACTCCTCCTAGAC CTAACCTGACTAGAAAAGCTATTACCT Seq-188 chrM Sense 13444 13518 75 1277 ---------------T-----------G-T-----T-C---------- -----------G--C--------T--- Seq-188 hchrM Sense 14026 14100 75 1278 AAAACAATTTCACAGCACCAAATCTCCACCTCCATCATCACCTCAACC CAAAAAGGCATAATTAAACTTTACTTC Seq-189 chrM Sense 13519 13593 75 1279 --------T--------T------T-----T----------------- ------------------------C-- Seq-189 hchrM Sense 14101 14175 75 1280 CTCTCTTTCTTCTTCCCACTCATCCTAACCCTACTCCTAATCACATAA CCTATTCCCCCGAGCAATCTCAATTAC Seq-190 chrM Sense 13594 13668 75 1281 ---G--------------------C--------------------C-- ---------------T--G-------- Seq-190 hchrM Sense 14176 14250 75 1282 AATATATACACCAACAAACAATGTTCAACCAGTAACTACTACTAATCA ACGCCCATAATCATACAAAGCCCCCGC Seq-191 chrM Sense 13669 13743 75 1283 -----------------------G-----G------C----------- ------A-----C--G--------A-- Seq-191 hchrM Sense 14251 14325 75 1284 ACCAATAGGATCCTCCCGAATCAACCCTGACCCCTCTCCTTCATAAAT TATTCAGCTTCCTACACTATTAAAGTT Seq-192 chrM Sense 13744 13818 75 1285 --------------T----------C----T-----T-A---T----- ------------C-GT--T-------- Seq-192 hchrM Sense 14326 14400 75 1286 TACCACAACCACCACCCCATCATACTCTTTCACCCACAGCACCAATCC TACCTCCATCGCTAACCCCACTAAAAC Seq-193 chrM Sense 13819 13893 75 1287 ---A-----A-------------------------------------- ---------A--C--------C----- Seq-193 hchrM Sense 14401 14475 75 1288 ACTCACCAAGACCTCAACCCCTGACCCCCATGCCTCAGGATACTCCTC AATAGCCATCGCTGTAGTATATCCAAA Seq-194 chrM Sense 13894 13968 75 1289 A--------T--------C-----------------C--------T-- -------------T------A---G-- Seq-194 hchrM Sense 14476 14550 75 1290 GACAACCATCATTCCCCCTAAATAAATTAAAAAAACTATTAAACCCAT ATAACCTCCCCCAAAATTCAGAATAAT Seq-195 chrM Sense 13969 14043 75 1291 GG-------A--T-----A----------------------------- G-------------------------- Seq-195 hchrM Sense 14551 14625 75 1292 AACACACCCGACCACACCGCTAACAATCAATACTAAACCCCCATAAAT AGGAGAAGGCTTAGAAGAAAACCCCAC Seq-196 chrM Sense 14044 14118 75 1293 ------T--C-------T---------T-A---T--------TG---- --------------------------- Seq-196 hchrM Sense 14626 14700 75 1294 AAACCCCATTACTAAACCCACACTCAACAGAAACAAAGCATACATCAT TATTCTCGCACGGACTACAACCACGAC Seq-197 chrM Sense 14119 14193 75 1295 ------------------------------------------------ ------G-C--------T------A-- Seq-197 hchrM Sense 14701 14775 75 1296 CAATGATATGAAAAACCATCGTTGTATTTCAACTACAAGAACACCAAT GACCCCAATACGCAAAACTAACCCCCT Seq-198 chrM Sense 14194 14268 75 1297 ---------------T--------T----------------------- ---T-----------G----------- Seq-198 hchrM Sense 14776 14850 75 1298 AATAAAATTAATTAACCACTCATTCATCGACCTCCCCACCCCATCCAA CATCTCCGCATGATGAAACTTCGGCTC Seq-199 chrM Sense 14269 14343 75 1299 ---T--C-----------A-----T-----T---------T------- ---T--A-------------------- Seq-199 hchrM Sense 14851 14925 75 1300 ACTCCTTGGCGCCTGCCTGATCCTCCAAATCACCACAGGACTATTCCT AGCCATGCACTACTCACCAGACGCCTC Seq-200 chrM Sense 14344 14418 75 1301 ---------C--G--G--------------C-----------C----- T--G--------------C-----T-- Seq-200 hchrM Sense 14926 15000 75 1302 AACCGCCTTTTCATCAATCGCCCACATCACTCGAGACGTAAATTATGG CTGAATCATCCGCTACCTTCACGCCAA Seq-201 chrM Sense 14419 14493 75 1303 C--------------T--------------------------C----- T-----------C------------CT Seq-201 hchrM Sense 15001 15075 75 1304 TGGCGCCTCAATATTCTTTATCTGCCTCTTCCTACACATCGGGCGAGG CCTATATTACGGATCATTTCTCTACTC Seq-202 chrM Sense 14494 14568 75 1305 ---------------T------------T----CA----C-------- ------T--G--------------A-- Seq-202 hchrM Sense 15076 15150 75 1306 AGAAACCTGAAACATCGGCATTATCCTCCTGCTTGCAACTATAGCAAC AGCCTTCATAGGCTATGTCCTCCCGTG Seq-203 chrM Sense 14569 14643 75 1307 ------------C--------A------------------C----G-- ---T-----------C--A-------- Seq-203 hchrM Sense 15151 15225 75 1308 AGGCCAAATATCATTCTGAGGGGCCACAGTAATTACAAACTTACTATC CGCCATCCCATACATTGGGACAGACCT Seq-204 chrM Sense 14644 14718 75 1309 G--C--G---G-------------------------C--T-----T-- ---------C-----C-----T----- Seq-204 hchrM Sense 15226 15300 75 1310 AGTTCAATGAATCTGAGGAGGCTACTCAGTAGACAGTCCCACCCTCAC ACGATTCTTTACCTTTCACTTCATCTT Seq-205 chrM Sense 14719 14793 75 1311 A--------C--CA--------A-------T--T-----------A-- ------A--------T----------- Seq-205 hchrM Sense 15301 15375 75 1312 GCCCTTCATTATTGCAGCCCTAGCAACACTCCACCTCCTATTCTTGCA CGAAACGGGATCAAACAACCCCCTAGG Seq-206 chrM Sense 14794 14868 75 1313 ------------C-----C-----T-----------C----------- ------TAT---T------T-C--T-- Seq-206 hchrM Sense 15376 15450 75 1314 AATCACCTCCCATTCCGATAAAATCACCTTCCACCCTTACTACACAAT CAAAGACGCCCTCGGCTTACTTCTCTT Seq-207 chrM Sense 14869 14943 75 1315 ---C--TAT-C---------------------------G--------- ---T--------C-----------T-- Seq-207 hchrM Sense 15451 15525 75 1316 CCTTCTCTCCTTAATGACATTAACACTATTCTCACCAGACCTCCTAGG CGACCCAGACAATTATACCCTAGCCAA Seq-208 chrM Sense 14944 15018 75 1317 ----C----------A--------T--A-----G-----C--T----- T-----------C---------A---- Seq-208 hchrM Sense 15526 15600 75 1318 CCCCTTAAACACCCCTCCCCACATCAAGCCCGAATGATATTTCCTATT CGCCTACACAATTCTCCGATCCGTCCC Seq-209 chrM Sense 15019 15093 75 1319 C--------------------C------C-------T-----A----- -A--GC------TG-------C-C--- Seq-209 hchrM Sense 15601 15675 75 1320 TAACAAACTAGGAGGCGTCCTTGCCCTATTACTATCCATCCTCATCCT AGCAATAATCCCCATCCTCCATATATC Seq-210 chrM Sense 15094 15168 75 1321 -------------------------------------CTG-----C-- ----------A-------------C-- Seq-210 hchrM Sense 15676 15750 75 1322 CAAACAACAAAGCATAATATTTCGCCCACTAAGCCAATCACTTTATTG ACTCCTAGCCGCAGACCTCCTCATTCT Seq-211 chrM Sense 15169 15243 75 1323 ---------------------------------C--C-T--C---C-- ----A-----------T---------- Seq-211 hchrM Sense 15751 15825 75 1324 AACCTGAATCGGAGGACAACCAGTAAGCTACCCTTTTACCATCATTGG ACAAGTAGCATCCGTACTATACTTCAC Seq-212 chrM Sense 15244 15318 75 1325 -----------------------TCGC---T-----C----------- ---TG----AA----C----------- Seq-212 hchrM Sense 15826 15900 75 1326 AACAATCCTAATCCTAATACCAACTATCTCCCTAATTGAAAACAAAAT ACTCAAATGGGCCTGTCCTTGTAGTAT Seq-213 chrM Sense 15319 15393 75 1327 -------------G---------------A-C------T--C------ --------------------AA----- Seq-213 hchrM Sense 15901 15975 75 1328 AAACTAATACACCAGTCTTGTAAACCGGAGATGAAAACCTTTTTCCAA GGACAAATCAGAGAAAAAGTCTTTAAC Seq-214 chrM Sense 15394 15468 75 1329 -T------C--------------------------------------- ------------------A----A--- Seq-214 hchrM Sense 15976 16050 75 1330 TCCACCATTAGCACCCAAAGCTAAGATTCTAATTTAAACTATTCTCTG TTCTTTCATGGGGAAGCAGATTTGGGT Seq-215 hchrM Sense 16051 16125 75 1331 ACCACCCAAGTATTGACTCACCCATCAACAACCGCTATGTATTTCGTA CATTACTGCCAGCCACCATGAATATTG Seq-216 hchrM Sense 16126 16200 75 1332 TACGGTACCATAAATACTTGACCACCTGTAGTACATAAAAACCCAATC CACATCAAAACCCCCTCCCCATGCTTA Seq-217 hchrM Sense 16201 16275 75 1333 CAAGCAAGTACAGCAATCAACCCTCAACTATCACACATCAACTGCAAC TCCAAAGCCACCCCTCACCCACTAGGA Seq-218 chrM Sense 15692 15766 75 1334 --------G-----T-TC-----G----A------------C-A---- AC------------------------- Seq-218 hchrM Sense 16276 16350 75 1335 TACCAACAAACCTACCCACCCTTAACAGTACATAGTACATAAAGCCAT TTACCGTACATAGCACATTACAGTCAA Seq-219 chrM Sense 15767 15841 75 1336 -C----C----C-----C-----CT--------------AA------- GT------------------------- Seq-219 hchrM Sense 16351 16425 75 1337 ATCCCTTCTCGTCCCCATGGATGACCCCCCTCAGATAGGGGTCCCTTG ACCACCATCCTCCGTGAAATCAATATC Seq-220 chrM Sense 15840 15914 75 1338 T-C-G--CA--A-TG--------------------------TC----- --------------------------- Seq-220 hchrM Sense 16426 16500 75 1339 CCGCACAAGAGTGCTACTCTCCTCGCTCCGGGCCCATAACACTTGGGG GTAGCTAAAGTGAACTGTATCCGACAT Seq-1 chrM Sense 15986 16060 75 1340 ----------------------------G----------CT------- ------------------------G-- Seq-1 hchrM Sense 1 75 75 1341 GATCACAGGTCTATCACCCTATTAACCACTCACGGGAGCTCTCCATGC ATTTGGTATTTTCGTCTGGGGGGTATG

Example 6—Amplification and Primer Extension of Chimpanzee Mitochondrial/Human Mitochondrial Paralogs and Chimpanzee Nuclear/Human Nuclear Paralogs

All samples were set up in 25 ul PCR reactions.

For circulating cell free DNA three parallel reactions were run using a different amount of chimpanzee DNA in each reaction, as the DNA concentration of the liquid biopsy sample is not known. Reactions were evaluated based on dynamic range. For each sample 3 wells were used. Each well had a different chimpanzee DNA amount (1 ng, 0.5 ng, and 0.125 ng total input).

-   -   1. Three concentrations of chimpanzee DNA; 0.0625 ng/uL, 0.125         ng/uL, and 0.5 ng/ul were prepared. Estimation of the number of         chimpanzee nuclear and mitochondrial genomic equivalents (copy         number) were carried out using the Biorad QX200 digital droplet         PCR.     -   2. PCR Mastermix was prepared.

Final Conc. uL/rxn RNAse-free Water N/A 3.375 10X PCR buffer with 20 mM MgCl2 1X (2 mM MgCl2) 2.5 MgCl2, 25 mM 2 mM 2 dUTP/dNTP Mix, 25 mM 500 uM 0.5 Primer Mix, 500 nM 100 nM 5 UNG Enzyme (5 U/uL) 0.125 U/uL 0.625 PCR Enzyme (5 U/uL) 1 U/rxn 1 Mastermix Total 15 ccfDNA 8 Chimp DNA 2 Total 25

PCR and single base extension primers are described in Table 7.

-   -   3. 8 uL ccfDNA & 2 uL Chimp DNA were added to wells of a 96-well         plate.     -   4. 15 uL PCR Mix was added to each well.     -   5. Wells were mixed by vortexing the plate and spun down         briefly.     -   6. Thermocycling was carried out using the following parameters.

PCR Cycle Cycling Number of Cycles Initial Incubation 30° C. for 10:00 1 Cycle Initial Denaturation 95° C. for 2:00 1 Cycle Cycled Template 95° C. for 0:30 45 Cycles  Denaturation Cycled Primer Annealing 56° C. for 0:30 Cycled Primer Extension 72° C. for 1:00 Final Extension 72° C. for 5:00 1 Cycle Hold  4° C. for ∞

-   -   7. Following completion of PCR, 5 uL from each well were         transferred to a well of a new plate.     -   8. SAP Mastermix was prepared (see table below) and 2 uL SAP         Mastermix was added to each reaction.

SAP Final Conc. 7 uL rxn Water N/A 1.53 SAP Buffer 10X 0.17 SAP Enzyme 1.7 U/ul 0.3

-   -   9. Thermocycling was carried out using the following parameters.

SAP Cycle Cycling Conditions Number of Cycles Initial Incubation 37° C. for 40:00 1 Cycle Cycled Template Denaturation 85° C. for 5:00 1 Cycle Hold  4° C. for ∞

-   -   10. Single base extension was performed. Extend Mastermix was         prepared (see table below) and 2 uL EXT Mastermix was added to         each reaction.

EXT Final Conc. 9 uL rxn Water N/A 0.619 iPLEX Buffer Plus (10X) 0.222x 0.2 iPLEX Termination Mix 0.222x 0.2 Primer Mix Various 0.94 Thermosequenase 0.15 U/uL 0.041

-   -   11. Thermocycling was carried out using the following         parameters.

Cycling PCR Cycle Conditions Number of Cycles Initial Denaturation 95° C. for 0:30 1 Cycle Cycled Template Denaturation 95° C. for 0:05 40 Cycles Cycled Primer Annealing 52° C. for 0:05 5 Cycles Cycled Primer Extension 80° C. for 0:05 Final Denaturation 72° C. for 3:00 Hold  4° C.

-   -   12. Following completion of PCR, reactions were processed on the         CPM or Nanodispenser and MA4 analyzer. After 41 ul of water         addition and desalting by the addition of 15 mg Clean Resin, 15         nL of each extend mixture was transferred to a SpectroCHIP®         II-G384 and Mass spectra were recorded using a MassARRAY System.         Spectra were acquired using SpectroAcquire software (Agena         Bioscience, San Diego). The software parameters were set to         acquire 20 shots from each of 5 raster positions. The resulting         mass spectra were summed and peak detection and intensity         analysis performed using Typer 4 software (Agena Bioscience, San         Diego).

TABLE 7 PCR and Primer Extension Primers SEQ SEQ SEQ ID ID ID SNIP_ID Forward PCRprimer NO: Reverse PCRprimer NO: UEP_DIR UEP_MASS UEP NO: chr1_AtoC ACGTTGGATGCAAG 1342 ACGTTGGATGGTAA 1343 R 8457 agGCCTGTATA 1344 GCATGCCTGTATACTC CAACGCAGAGCTCA CTCTCTCCTG GG TTATCCT chr10_AtoC ACGTTGGATGGAAG 1345 ACGTTGGATGGGAA 1346 R 7053 ggCTGCTGCA 1347 CTCCTCCTTGCTCTTC AAACTAGAGAAAGA GGGCTTTTATT GC TC chr12_CtoG ACGTTGGATGTAGA 1348 ACGTTGGATGGACC 1349 R 5034 CATTTCCCTC 1350 GGTGATACACTTACCG AAAGAAGTAAACACTG CAAACAC chr19_CtoG ACGTTGGATGCCTC 1351 ACGTTGGATGGGAT 1352 F 5944 CCCGCCCTCC 1353 CCGGCCACAGAGTG GACAAAGATGCCAG CTCAGAGCCA TG GC chr20_TtoA ACGTTGGATGAAGG 1354 ACGTTGGATGTCTTC 1355 R 8364 tTAATGCCAAC 1356 GAACAGGAGTGAGTG CAGTCCCTGATCTGG CATGGGATAG TGTGAG Mito- ACGTTGGATGGGGT 1357 ACGTTGGATGCTGC 1358 R 7836 GGCGGTATAT 1359 01240 TTGCTGAAGATGGC TCGCCAGAACACTA AGGCTGAGCA GG CG AGAGG Mito- ACGTTGGATGGTCC 1360 ACGTTGGATGCTCG 1361 R 7689 gtCAGGCGGT 1362 02522 CTATTTAAGGAACAAG GCAAATCTTACCCC GCCTCTAATA GC CTGGT Mito- ACGTTGGATGGGTG 1363 ACGTTGGATGCACC 1364 R 7278 gaCGGGGCTT 1365 05747 ATTTTCATATTGAATTG CTAATCAACTGGCTTC CTCCCGCCTT TTTT Mito- ACGTTGGATGTTTTG 1366 ACGTTGGATGTGAC 1367 R 5185 GGCTTGAAAC 1368 07471 AAAAAGTCATGGAGG TATATGGATGCCCC CAGCTTT CC Mito- ACGTTGGATGGCAC 1369 ACGTTGGATGGTGG 1370 F 6294 CTACTCATTCA 1371 09066 ACCTACACCCCTTATC CGCTTCCAATTAGGTG ACCAATAGCC Mito- ACGTTGGATGCTGA 1372 ACGTTGGATGAGGT 1373 F 5394 TATTTACCAAA 1374 10477 ACCGAATTGGTATAT GTGAGCGATATACT TGCCCCT AG AG Mito- ACGTTGGATGGTAAT 1375 ACGTTGGATGCTCA 1376 R 6833 ctGAGTAGAAA 1377 13487 AGATAGGGCTCAGGC CTTCAACCTCCCTCAC CCTGTGAGGAA Mito- ACGTTGGATGCACC 1378 ACGTTGGATGGGTT 1379 F 5783 gaGCTCCGGG 1380 16467 ATCCTCCGTGAAATC AATAGGGTGATAGA CCCATAACA CC SEQ SEQ SNP_ID Allele1_MASS Allele 1 ID NO: Allele2_MASS Allele 2 ID NO: chr1_AtoC 8743.7 agGCCTGTATACTCTCTCCT 1381 8783.6 agGCCTGTATACTCTCT 1382 GTTATCCTG CCTGTTATCCTT chr10_AtoC 7339.8 ggCTGCTGCAGGGCTTTTAT 1383 7379.7 ggCTGCTGCAGGGCTTT 1384 TTCG TATTTCT chr12_CtoG 5281.5 CATTTCCCTCCAAACACC 1385 5321.5 CATTTCCCTCCAAACACG 1386 chr19_CtoG 6191 CCCGCCCTCCCTCAGAGCC 1387 6231.1 CCCGCCCTCCCTCAGA 1388 AC GCCAG chr20_TtoA 8634.7 tTAATGCCAACCATGGGATA 1389 8690.5 tTAATGCCAACCATGGG 1390 GTGTGAGA ATAGTGTGAGT Mito-01240 8083.3 GGCGGTATATAGGCTGAGC 1391 8163.2 GGCGGTATATAGGCTG 1392 AAGAGGC AGCAAGAGGT Mito-02522 7960.2 gtCAGGCGGTGCCTCTAATA 1393 7976.2 gtCAGGCGGTGCCTCTA 1394 CTGGTA ATACTGGTG Mito-05747 7524.9 gaCGGGGCTTCTCCCGCCT 1395 7604.8 gaCGGGGCTTCTCCCG 1396 TTTTTC CCTTTTTTT Mito-07471 5456.6 GGCTTGAAACCAGCTTTA 1397 5472.6 GGCTTGAAACCAGCTTTG 1398 Mito-09066 6541.3 CTACTCATTCAACCAATAGC 1399 6621.2 CTACTCATTCAACCAAT 1400 CC AGCCT Mito-10477 5640.7 TATTTACCAAATGCCCCTC 1401 5720.6 TATTTACCAAATGCCCC 1402 TT Mito-13487 7103.7 ctGAGTAGAAACCTGTGAGG 1403 7119.7 ctGAGTAGAAACCTGTG 1404 AAA AGGAAG Mito-16467 6030 gaGCTCCGGGCCCATAACAC 1405 6109.9 gaGCTCCGGGCCCATAA 1406 CAT

Example 7 Quantification of the Mitochondrial/Nuclear Ratio Using a Multiplex Assay Targeting Human and Chimpanzee Paralogs

Samples were obtained from a single subject over the course of 1 month. Samples were obtained prior to start of a treatment and additional samples were obtained at start, halfway and at the end of treatment. Circulating cell free DNA was extracted and subjected to co-amplification with a known amount of chimpanzee DNA. The DNA was subjected to multiplex amplification in a single reaction using a panel consisting of 7 mitochondrial and 5 nuclear amplicons. PCR and single base extension primers used are shown in Table 8.

TABLE 8 Assay Design MitoChimp SEQ SEQ ID ID WELL TERM SNP_ID 2nd-PCRP NO: 1st-PCRP NO: AMP_LEN UP_CONF MP_CONF Tm (NN) PcGC W1 iPLEX chr1_AtoC ACGTTGGATG 1407 ACGTTGGATG 1408 141 94.5 98.2 55.3 46.2 CAAGGCATG GTAACAACGC CCTGTATACTC AGAGCTCAGG W1 iPLEX chr10_AtoC ACGTTGGATG 1409 ACGTTGGATG 1410 127 88.1 98.2 52.8 47.6 GAAGCTCCTC GGAAAAACTA CTTGCTCTTC GAGAAAGAGC W1 iPLEX chr12_CtoG ACGTTGGATG 1411 ACGTTGGATG 1412 133 88.6 98.2 45.4 47.1 TAGAGGTGAT GACCAAAGAA ACACTTACCG GTAAACACTG W1 iPLEX chr19_CtoG ACGTTGGATG 1413 ACGTTGGATG 1414 122 88.5 98.2 64 75 CCTCCCGGC GGATGACAAA CACAGAGTGTG GATGCCAGGC W1 iPLEX chr20_TtoA ACGTTGGATG 1415 ACGTTGGATGT 1416 119 85.6 98.2 57.2 46.2 AAGGGAACA CTTCCAGTCCC GGAGTGAGTG TGATCTGG W1 iPLEX Mito- ACGTTGGATG 1417 ACGTTGGATG 1418 174 100 98.2 58.9 56 01240 GGGTTTGCTG CTGCTCGCCA AAGATGGCGG GAACACTACG W1 iPLEX Mito- ACGTTGGATG 1419 ACGTTGGATG 1420 172 96.8 98.2 59 56.5 02522 GTCCCTATTT CTCGGCAAAT AAGGAACAAG CTTACCCCGC W1 iPLEX Mito- ACGTTGGATG 1421 ACGTTGGATG 1422 136 86.1 98.2 60.8 59.1 05747 GGTGATTTTC CACCCTAATCA ATATTGAATTG ACTGGCTTC W1 iPLEX Mito- ACGTTGGATG 1423 ACGTTGGATGT 1424 156 93.6 98.2 48.3 47.1 07471 TTTTGAAAAA GACTATATGGA GTCATGGAGG TGCCCCCC W1 iPLEX Mito- ACGTTGGATG 1425 ACGTTGGATG 1426 160 98.7 98.2 48.7 42.9 09066 GCACACCTAC GTGGCGCTTC ACCCCTTATC CAATTAGGTG W1 iPLEX Mito- ACGTTGGATG 1427 ACGTTGGATG 1428 154 97.3 98.2 49.1 45 13487 GTAATAGATA CTCACTTCAAC GGGCTCAGGC CTCCCTCAC W1 iPLEX Mito- ACGTTGGATG 1429 ACGTTGGATG 1430 147 92.5 98.2 55.1 64.7 16467 CACCATCCTC GGTTAATAGG CGTGAAATC GTGATAGACC SEQ ID SEQ GNP_ID PWARN UEP_DIR UEP_MASS UEP_SEQ NO EXT1_CALL EXT1_MASS EXT1_SEQ ID NO: EXT2_CALL chr1_AtoC R 8457 agGCCTGTATAC 1431 C 8744 agGCCTGTATAC 1432 A TCTCTCCTGTTA TCTCTCCTGTTA TCCT TCCTG chs10_AtoC R 7053 ggCTGCTGCAG 1433 C 7340 ggCTGCTGCAG 1434 A GGCTTTTATTTC GGCTTTTATTTCG chr12_CtoG R 5034 CATTTCCCTCCA 1435 G 5282 CATTTCCCTCCA 1436 C AACAC AACACC chr19_CtoG h F 5944 CCCGCCCTCCC 1437 C 6191 CCCGCCCTCCC 1438 G TCAGAGCCA TCAGAGCCAC chr20_TtoA h R 8364 tTAATGCCAACC 1439 T 8635 tTAATGCCAACC 1440 A ATGGGATAGTG ATGGGATAGTG TGAG TGAGA Mito- R 7836 GGCGGTATATA 1441 G 8083 GGCGGTATATA 1442 A 01240 GGCTGAGCAAG GGCTGAGCAAG AGG AGGC Mito- R 7689 gtCAGGCGGTGC 1443 T 7960 gtCAGGCGGTGC 1444 C 02522 CTCTAATACTGGT CTCTAATACTGG TA Mito- g R 7278 gaCGGGGCTTC 1445 G 7525 gaCGGGGCTTC 1446 A 05747 TCCCGCCTTTTTT TCCCGCCTTTTT TC Mito- R 5185 GGCTTGAAACC 1447 T 5457 GGCTTGAAACC 1448 C 07471 AGCTTT AGCTTTA Mito- F 6294 CTACTCATTCAA 1449 C 6541 CTACTCATTCAA 1450 T 09066 CCAATAGCC CCAATAGCCC Mito- h R 6833 ctGAGTAGAAAC 1451 T 7104 ctGAGTAGAAAC 1452 C 13487 CTGTGAGGAA CTGTGAGGAAA Mito- h F 5783 gaGCTCCGGGC 1453 C 6030 gaGCTCCGGGC 1454 T 16467 CCATAACA CCATAACAC SNP_ID EXT2_MASS EXT2_SEQ SEQ ID NO: chr1_AtoC 8784 agGCCTGTATACTCTCTCCTGTTATCCTT 1455 chr10_AtoC 7380 ggCTGCTGCAGGGCTTTTATTTCT 1456 chr12_CtoG 5322 CATTTCCCTCCAAACACG 1457 chr19_CtoG 6231 CCCGCCCTCCCTCAGAGCCAG 1458 chr20_TtoA 8691 tTAATGCCAACCATGGGATAGTGTGAGT 1459 Mito-01240 8163 GGCGGTATATAGGCTGAGCAAGAGGT 1460 Mito-02522 7976 gtCAGGCGGTGCCTCTAATACTGGTG 1461 Mito-05747 7605 gaCGGGGCTTCTCCCGCCTTTTTTT 1462 Mito-07471 5473 GGCTTGAAACCAGCTTTG 1463 Mito-09066 6621 CTACTCATTCAACCAATAGCCT 1464 Mito-13487 7120 ctGAGTAGAAACCTGTGAGGAAG 1465 Mito-16467 6110 gaGCTCCGGGCCCATAACAT 1466

Mitochondria copy numbers (FIG. 1A) and nuclear copy numbers (FIG. 1B) were calculated and used for determining the mitochondrial vs nuclear ratio (FIG. 1C) at each time point. In order to minimize variance a mean of the calculated nuclear and mitochondrial copy numbers were used to determine the ratio. As can be seen in the FIG. 1A there was spike in mitochondrial copy numbers at time point day −1 after which the mitochondrial copy numbers for the subject stabilized.

Example 8—Non-Limiting Examples of Embodiments

Provided hereafter are non-limiting examples of certain embodiments of the technology.

A1. A multiplex method for determining dosage of mitochondrial nucleic acid relative to genomic nucleic acid for a sample from a subject, comprising:

-   -   a. amplifying sets of mitochondrial polynucleotides and genomic         polynucleotides from nucleic acid for a sample under         amplification conditions, wherein: (i) each set comprises a         mitochondrial polynucleotide and a genomic polynucleotide; (ii)         the mitochondrial polynucleotide and the genomic polynucleotide         are native; (iii) the mitochondrial polynucleotide of a set         differs from the mitochondrial polynucleotide of the other sets         and the genomic polynucleotide of a set differs from the genomic         polynucleotide of the other sets; (iv) the mitochondrial         polynucleotide and the genomic polynucleotide of a set are         defined by formula ^(5′)X-V-Y^(3′); (v)^(5′)X-V-Y^(3′)         represents a contiguous sequence of nucleotides present in the         mitochondrial polynucleotide and the genomic         polynucleotide; (vi) X and Y of the mitochondrial polynucleotide         are identical to X and Y, respectively, of the genomic         polynucleotide in each set; (vii) V is one or more nucleotide         positions at which a nucleotide of the mitochondrial         polynucleotide differs from the corresponding nucleotide of the         genomic polynucleotide in a set;     -   thereby providing a plurality of amplified sets each comprising         amplicons corresponding to all or a portion of the mitochondrial         polynucleotide and amplified genomic polynucleotide in the set;     -   b. comparing (i) the amplicons corresponding to the         mitochondrial polynucleotide, to (ii) the amplicons         corresponding to the genomic polynucleotide for each set,         thereby generating a comparison; and     -   c. determining the relative dosage of mitochondrial nucleic acid         to genomic nucleic acid in the sample based on the comparison.

A1.1. The method of embodiment A1, wherein the comparison in (b) is a ratio of (i) the amount of the amplicons corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotide, to (ii) the amount of the amplicons corresponding to the genomic polynucleotide, in each set and determining the relative dosage of mitochondrial nucleic acid to genomic nucleic acid in the sample in (c) is based on the ratio.

A2. The method of embodiment A1 or A1.1, wherein the nucleic acid for the sample is DNA.

A3. The method of any one of embodiments of A1 to A2, wherein amplifying is by a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) process.

A4. The method of any one of embodiments A1 to A3, wherein V is a single nucleotide position.

A5. The method of any one of embodiments A1 to A4, wherein ^(5′)X-V-Y^(3′) is about 30 base pairs to about 300 base pairs in length.

A6. The method of any one of embodiments A1 to A5, wherein the lengths of the amplicons are about 30 base pairs to about 300 base pairs.

A7. The method of any one of embodiments A1 to A6, wherein the plurality of amplified sets is about 2 sets to about 20 sets.

A8. The method of any one of embodiments A1 to A7, wherein the plurality of amplified sets is about 2 sets to about 10 sets.

A9. The method of any one of embodiments A1 to A6, wherein the plurality of amplified sets is at least 5 sets.

A10. The method of any one of embodiments A1 to A9, wherein the mitochondrial polynucleotide and/or the genomic polynucleotide of a set comprise polynucleotides or portions thereof chosen from Table 1.

A11. The method of any one of embodiments A1 to A10, wherein the mitochondrial polynucleotide and the genomic polynucleotide of a set are reproducibly amplified relative to each other by a single pair of amplification primers that hybridize to a polynucleotide within X and Y.

A12. The method of any one of embodiments A1 to A10, wherein the mitochondrial polynucleotide and the genomic polynucleotide of a set are amplified by different species specific pairs of amplification primers.

A13. The method of embodiment A12, wherein amplification primers hybridize to flanking polynucleotides that are 5′ to X and 3′ to Y and are different between mitochondrial and genomic polynucleotides at one or more nucleotide positions.

A13.1. The method of any one of embodiments A1 to A10, wherein the amplification is by an amplification primer that hybridizes to a polynucleotide within X for both species and two species specific amplification primers that hybridize 3′ to Y.

A13.2. The method of any one of embodiments A1 to A10, wherein the amplification is by an amplification primer that hybridizes to a polynucleotide within Y for both species and two species specific amplification primers that hybridize 5′ to X.

A14. The method of any one of embodiments A12 to A13.2, wherein the amplification primer or primers that are specific for the mitochondrial polynucleotide hybridize less efficiently than the amplification primer or primers that are specific for the genomic polynucleotide in a set, whereby the amplicons corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotide are reduced with respect to the amplicons corresponding to the genomic polynucleotide in each set.

A15. The method of any one of embodiments A12 to A14, wherein the amplification primer or primers that specifically hybridize to the mitochondrial polynucleotides are provided at a lower concentration than the concentration of the amplification primer or primers that specifically hybridize to genomic polynucleotides, whereby the amplicons corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotide are reduced with respect to the amplicons corresponding to the genomic polynucleotide in each set.

A15.1 The method of embodiment A13.1, wherein the amplification primer that hybridizes to a polynucleotide within X is at the same concentration as the species specific amplification primer that hybridizes 3′ to Y for a genomic polynucleotide and the species specific amplification primer that hybridizes 3′ to Y for a mitochondrial polynucleotide is at a lower concentration.

A15.2 The method of embodiment A13.2, wherein the amplification primer that hybridizes to a polynucleotide within Y is at the same concentration as the species specific amplification primer that hybridizes 5′ to X for a genomic polynucleotide and the species specific amplification primer that hybridizes 5′ to X for a mitochondrial polynucleotide is at a lower concentration.

A16. The method of embodiment A15, wherein the concentration of the amplification primer or primers that specifically hybridize to the mitochondrial polynucleotide is about 2× to about 30× less than the concentration of amplification primer or primers that specifically hybridize to the genomic polynucleotide in a set.

A17. The method of any one of embodiments A1 to A16, wherein the nucleic acid for the sample comprises circulating cell free nucleic acid (ccfDNA) and the size of the amplicons is greater than about 50 bp and less than about 166 bp.

A18. The method of embodiment A17, wherein the size of the amplicons is greater than about 60 bp and less than about 100 bp.

A19. The method of embodiment A18, wherein the size of the amplicons is greater than about 70 bp and less than about 100 bp.

A20. The method of any one of embodiments A1 to A19, wherein (b) comprises determining the amount of a nucleotide at V in the amplicons corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotide of a set and the amount of the nucleotide at V in the amplicons corresponding to the genomic polynucleotide of a set.

A21. The method of embodiment A20, wherein determining the amount of a nucleotide at V in the amplicons corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotide of a set and the amount of the nucleotide at V in the amplicons corresponding to the genomic polynucleotide of a set is by massive parallel sequencing process.

A22. The method of embodiment A21, wherein the sequencing is by a sequencing by synthesis process.

A23. The method of embodiments A21 or A22, wherein a sequence tag or barcode is attached to one or more primers in each amplification primer pair.

A24. The method of embodiment A20, wherein determining the amount of a nucleotide at V in the amplicons corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotide of a set and the amount of the nucleotide at V in the amplicons corresponding to the genomic polynucleotide of a set is by a nanopore process.

A25. The method of embodiment A20, wherein (b) comprises determining the amount of amplicons corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotide of a set and the amount of amplicons corresponding to the genomic polynucleotide of a set by a qPCR process comprising two fluorescent probes each specific for either the mitochondrial or genomic nucleotide at V or a digital PCR process.

A26. The method of embodiment A20, wherein (b) comprises contacting the amplicons with extension primers under extension conditions comprising chain terminating reagents, wherein:

-   -   (1) the chain terminating reagent that is specific for the         amplicons corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotide is         not specific for the amplicons corresponding to the genomic         polynucleotide; and     -   (2) the chain terminating reagent specific for the amplicons         corresponding to the genomic polynucleotide is not specific for         the amplicons corresponding to mitochondrial polynucleotide,     -   whereby the primers are extended up to V, thereby generating         chain terminated extension products corresponding to the         mitochondrial polynucleotide and the genomic polynucleotide,         respectively, wherein: (1) the concentration of each of the         chain terminating reagents is known; and (2) the concentration         of the chain terminating reagent specific for the mitochondrial         polynucleotide is less than the concentration of the chain         terminating reagent specific for the genomic polynucleotide.

A27. The method of embodiment A26, wherein (b) comprises determining a ratio of the amount of extension product corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotide to the amount of extension product corresponding to the genomic polynucleotide; and (c) comprises determining the amount of mitochondrial nucleic acid relative to the amount of genomic nucleic acid in the sample based on the ratio of (b).

A28. The method of any one of embodiments A1 to A27, wherein for the sets of a mitochondrial polynucleotides and a genomic polynucleotides (a) and (b) are performed in a single reaction vessel or a single reaction vessel compartment.

A29. The method of embodiment A26 or A27, wherein (a) and (b) are performed in at least two reaction vessels or at least two reaction vessel compartments and each reaction vessel or vessel compartment comprises at least two sets of mitochondrial and genomic polynucleotides.

A30. The method of any one of embodiments A26 to A29, wherein V is a single nucleotide position at which a nucleotide of the mitochondrial polynucleotide differs from the corresponding nucleotide of the genomic polynucleotide and the primers are extended up to the single nucleotide.

A31. The method of any one of embodiments A26 to A30, wherein the concentration of the chain terminating reagent specific for a mitochondrial polynucleotide is between about 1% to about 20% of the concentration of the chain terminating reagent specific for a genomic polynucleotide.

A32. The method of any one of embodiments A26 to A31, wherein the chain terminating reagents are chain terminating nucleotides.

A33. The method of embodiment A32, wherein the chain terminating nucleotides independently are selected from among ddATP, ddGTP, ddCTP, ddTTP and ddUTP.

A34. The method of any one of embodiments A26 to A33, wherein the chain terminating reagents comprise one or more acyclic terminators.

A35. The method of any one of embodiments A26 to A34, wherein one or more of the chain terminating reagents comprises a detectable label.

A36. The method of embodiment A35, wherein the label is a fluorescent label or dye.

A37. The method of embodiment A35, wherein the label is a mass label and detection is by mass spectrometry.

A38. The method of any one of embodiments A1-A37, comprising between about 25 to about 45 PCR amplification cycles in (a).

A39. The method of any one of embodiments A26 to A38, wherein the extension conditions in (b) comprise between about 20 to about 300 cycles.

A40. The method of any one of embodiments A1.1 to A39, wherein the ratios for a plurality of sets are combined and the relative dosage of mitochondrial nucleic acid to genomic nucleic acid for the sample is determined based on the combined ratio.

A41. The method of embodiment A40, wherein the combined ratio is an average ratio or a median ratio.

A42. The method of any one of embodiments A1.1 to A41, wherein the ratio of each set is compared to an average or median ratio based on the plurality of sets and an outlier or cluster that deviates from the average or median ratio is an indication of a mitochondrial deletion.

A42.1. The method of any one of embodiments A1.1 to A41, wherein the ratio of a set representing one region of the mitochondrial genome is compared to the ratio of each of the other sets representing different regions of the mitochondrial genome and the presence of one or more deletions in the mitochondrial genome is determined based on a difference in the ratio of the set representing the one region compared with the ratios for one or more sets representing other regions of the mitochondrial genome.

A43. The method of any one of embodiments A1 to A42, wherein a baseline value for the dosage of mitochondrial nucleic acid relative to genomic nucleic acid is determined for the subject or a population of subjects and the dosage of mitochondrial nucleic acid relative to genomic nucleic acid for the sample from the subject is compared to the baseline value.

A44. The method of any one of embodiments A1 to A43, wherein the dosage of mitochondrial nucleic acid relative to genomic nucleic acid for the sample from the subject is used in determining the likelihood the subject has or is pre-disposed to having a disease, disorder or symptoms associated with an increase or decrease in the dosage of mitochondria nucleic acid or a deletion in the mitochondrial genome.

A45. The method of embodiment A44, wherein the disease or disorder is a neurodegenerative disease, a cancer, a disease or disorder associated with mitochondrial stability, a disease or disorder associated with a mitochondrial deletion, a metabolic disease, a cardiovascular disease, a disease or disorder associated with oxidative stress, a disease or disorder associated with infertility or a disease or disorder associated with sepsis.

A45.1. The method of embodiment A44, wherein the disease or disorder is Parkinson's disease, Alzheimers disease, Friedreich's Ataxia, Amyotropic lateral sclerosis, Multiple sclerosis (MS), POLG associated diseases, Opthalmoplegia, Alper's syndrome, Leigh's syndrome, Kearns-Sayre syndrome (KSS), Leber's heredity optic neuropathy (LHON), Mitochondiral encophalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, stroke like episodes (MELAS), Myoclonic Epilepsy with Ragged Red Fibers (MERRF), gastric cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) HPV related cancer, breast cancer, Ewing's Sarcoma, pancreatic cancer, liver cancer, testicular cancer, prostate cancer, renal cell carcinoma (RCC), bladder cancer, ovarian cancer, obesity, diabetes, pre-diabetes, diabetic retinopathy, diabetic cardiomyopathies, coronary heart disease and sepsis.

A45.2.2. The method of any one of embodiments A1 to A43, wherein the dosage of mitochondrial nucleic acid relative to genomic nucleic acid for the sample from the subject is used to monitor the efficacy of treatment of the subject for a disease, disorder or symptoms associated with an increase or decrease in the dosage of mitochondria nucleic acid or a deletion in the mitochondrial genome.

A46. The method of any one of embodiments A1 to A45, wherein the sample comprises circulating cell free nucleic acid.

A46.1. The method of embodiment A46, wherein the sample is chosen from blood plasma, blood serum, spinal fluid, cerebrospinal fluid and urine.

B1. A kit comprising amplification primer pairs that comprise polynucleotides chosen from polynucleotides of Table 2 and Table 4 or portions thereof.

B2. The kit of embodiment B1, further comprising extension primers that comprise polynucleotides chosen from polynucleotides of Table 2 and Table 4, or portions thereof.

C1. A multiplex method for determining dosage of extrachromosomal nucleic acid relative to genomic nucleic acid for a sample from a subject, comprising:

-   -   a. amplifying sets of extrachromosomal polynucleotides and         genomic polynucleotides from nucleic acid for a sample under         amplification conditions, wherein: (i) each set comprises an         extrachromosomal polynucleotide and a genomic         polynucleotide; (ii) the extrachromosomal polynucleotide and the         genomic polynucleotide are native; (iii) the extrachromosomal         polynucleotide of a set differs from the extrachromosomal         polynucleotide of the other sets and the genomic polynucleotide         of a set differs from the genomic polynucleotide of the other         sets; (iv) the extrachromosomal polynucleotide and the genomic         polynucleotide of a set are defined by formula         ^(5′)X-V-Y^(3′); (v) the ^(5′)X-V-Y^(3′) represents a contiguous         sequence of nucleotides present in the extrachromosomal         polynucleotide and the genomic polynucleotide; (vi) X and Y of         the extrachromosomal polynucleotide are identical to X and Y,         respectively, of the genomic polynucleotide in each set; (vii) V         is one or more nucleotide positions at which a nucleotide of the         extrachromosomal polynucleotide differs from the corresponding         nucleotide of the genomic polynucleotide in a set;     -   thereby providing a plurality of amplified sets each comprising         amplicons corresponding to all or a portion of the         extrachromosomal polynucleotide and amplified genomic         polynucleotide in the set;     -   b. comparing (i) the amplicons corresponding to the         extrachromosomal polynucleotide, to (ii) the amplicons         corresponding to the genomic polynucleotide for each set,         thereby generating a comparison; and     -   c. determining the relative dosage of extrachromosomal nucleic         acid to genomic nucleic acid in the sample based on the         comparison.

D1. A multiplex method for determining dosage of mitochondrial nucleic acid relative to nuclear nucleic acid for a sample from a subject, comprising:

-   -   a. contacting nucleic acid of a sample from a subject comprising         nucleic acid of a first species comprising a nuclear genome and         a mitochondrial genome with nucleic acid of a second species         comprising nucleic acid of a nuclear genome and a mitochondrial         genome for which the copy number of the mitochondrial genome and         the copy number of the nuclear genome are known, wherein the         nuclear genome of the first species has regions that are         paralogous to regions of the nuclear genome of the second         species and the mitochondrial genome of the first species has         regions that are paralogous to regions of the mitochondrial         genome of the second species;     -   b. amplifying sets of nuclear polynucleotides of paralogous         regions of the nuclear genome of the first species and the         nuclear genome of the second species and sets of mitochondrial         polynucleotides of paralogous regions of the mitochondrial         genome of the first species and the mitochondrial genome of the         second species from the nucleic acid of (a) under amplification         conditions, wherein: (i) each set comprises a polynucleotide of         the nuclear genome of the first species and a polynucleotide of         the nuclear genome of the second species or each set comprises a         polynucleotide of the mitochondrial genome of the first species         and a polynucleotide of the mitochondrial genome of the second         species; (ii) the mitochondrial polynucleotides and the nuclear         polynucleotides are native; (iii) the mitochondrial         polynucleotides of a set differ from the mitochondrial         polynucleotides of the other sets and the nuclear         polynucleotides of a set differ from the nuclear polynucleotides         of the other sets; (iv) the mitochondrial polynucleotides of a         set and the nuclear polynucleotides of a set are defined by         formula ^(5′)J-V-K^(3′); (v)^(5′)J-V-K^(3′) represents a         contiguous sequence of nucleotides present in the mitochondrial         polynucleotides or in the nuclear polynucleotides; (vi) J and K         of the mitochondrial polynucleotides of a set are identical and         J and K of the nuclear polynucleotides of a set are identical;         and (vii) V is one or more nucleotide positions at which a         nucleotide of the mitochondrial polynucleotides of the first and         second species of a set differ or V is one or more nucleotide         positions at which a nucleotide of the nuclear polynucleotides         of the first and second species of a set differ; thereby         providing a plurality of amplified sets each comprising         amplicons corresponding to all or a portion of the mitochondrial         polynucleotides of a set or amplicons corresponding to all or a         portion of the amplified nuclear polynucleotides of a set;     -   c. comparing the amplicons corresponding to the mitochondrial         polynucleotide of the second species to the amplicons         corresponding to mitochondrial polynucleotide of the first         species in a set and comparing the amplicons corresponding to         the nuclear polynucleotide of the second species to the         amplicons corresponding to the nuclear polynucleotide of the         first species in a set, thereby generating comparisons; and     -   d. determining the relative dosage of mitochondrial nucleic acid         to the nuclear nucleic acid in the sample from the subject based         on comparisons of (c) for all sets.

D1.1. The method of embodiment D1, wherein the comparisons in (c) are a ratio of the amount of the amplicons corresponding to the polynucleotide of the mitochondrial genome of the second species to the amount of amplicons corresponding to polynucleotide of the mitochondrial genome of the first species in a set and a ratio of the amount of the amplicons corresponding to the polynucleotide of the nuclear genome of the second species to the amount of amplicons corresponding to the polynucleotide of the nuclear genome of the first species in a set, and determining the relative dosage of mitochondrial nucleic acid to nuclear nucleic acid in the sample from the subject in (d) is based on the ratios.

D1.2 The method of embodiment D1 or D1.1, wherein the first species is human.

D1.3 The method of any one of embodiments D1 to D1.2, wherein the second species is chimpanzee.

D2. The method of any one of embodiments D1 or D1.3, wherein the nucleic acid for the sample is DNA.

D3. The method of any one of embodiments of D1 to D2, wherein amplifying is by a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) process.

D4. The method of any one of embodiments D1 to D3, wherein V is a single nucleotide position.

D5. The method of any one of embodiments D1 to D4, wherein ^(5′)J-V-K^(3′) is about 30 base pairs to about 300 base pairs in length.

D6. The method of any one of embodiments D1 to D5, wherein the lengths of the amplicons are about 30 base pairs to about 300 base pairs.

D7. The method of any one of embodiments D1 to D6, wherein the plurality of amplified sets of nuclear polynucleotides and the plurality of amplified sets of mitochondrial polynucleotides are each about 2 sets to about 20 sets.

D8. The method of any one of embodiments D1 to D7, wherein the plurality of amplified sets of nuclear polynucleotides and the plurality of amplified sets of mitochondrial polynucleotides are each about 5 sets to about 15 sets.

D9. The method of any one of embodiments D1 to D6, wherein the plurality of amplified sets of nuclear polynucleotides and the plurality of amplified sets of mitochondrial polynucleotides are each at least 5 sets.

D9.1 The method of any one of embodiments D1 to D9, wherein the mitochondrial polynucleotides are distributed throughout the mitochondrial genome.

D10. The method of any one of embodiments D1 to D9.1, wherein the mitochondrial polynucleotides of a set comprise polynucleotides or portions thereof chosen from Table 6.

D11. The method of any one of embodiments D1 to D10, wherein the mitochondrial polynucleotides of a set are reproducibly amplified relative to each other by a single pair of amplification primers that hybridize to a mitochondrial polynucleotide within J and K and the nuclear polynucleotides of a set are reproducibly amplified relative to each other by a single pair of amplification primers that hybridize to a nuclear polynucleotide within J and K.

D12. The method of any one of embodiments D1 to D11, wherein (c) comprises determining the amount of a nucleotide at V in the amplicons corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotide of the first species and the second species of a set and determining the amount of a nucleotide at V in the amplicons corresponding to the nuclear polynucleotide of the first species and the second species of a set.

D13. The method of embodiment D12, wherein determining the amount of a nucleotide at V in the amplicons corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotide of the first species and the second species of a set and determining the amount of a nucleotide at V in the amplicons corresponding to the nuclear polynucleotide of the first species and the second species of a set is by massive parallel sequencing process.

D14. The method of embodiment D13, wherein the sequencing is by a sequencing by synthesis process.

D15. The method of embodiments D13 or D14, wherein a sequence tag or barcode is attached to one or more primers in each amplification primer pair.

D16. The method of embodiment D12, wherein determining the amount of a nucleotide at V in the amplicons corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotide of the first species and the second species of a set and determining the amount of a nucleotide at V in the amplicons corresponding to the nuclear polynucleotide of the first species and the second species of a set is by a nanopore process.

D17. The method of embodiment D12, determining the amount of a nucleotide at V in the amplicons corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotide of the first species and the second species of a set is by a qPCR process comprising two fluorescent probes specific for the nucleotide at V of the mitochondrial polynucleotide of either the first or second species or a digital PCR process and determining the amount of a nucleotide at V in the amplicons corresponding to the nuclear polynucleotide of the first species and the second species of a set is by a qPCR process comprising two fluorescent probes specific for the nucleotide at V of the nuclear polynucleotide of either the first or second species or a digital PCR process.

D18. The method of embodiment D12, wherein (c) comprises contacting the amplicons with extension primers under extension conditions comprising chain terminating reagents, wherein:

-   -   (1) the chain terminating reagent that is specific for the         amplicons corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotide of         the first species is not specific for the amplicons         corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotide of the second         species; and     -   (2) the chain terminating reagent specific for the amplicons         corresponding to the nuclear polynucleotide of the first species         is not specific for the amplicons corresponding to the nuclear         polynucleotide of the second species,     -   whereby the primers are extended up to V, thereby generating         chain terminated extension products corresponding to the         mitochondrial polynucleotide of the first species, the         mitochondrial polynucleotide of the second species, the nuclear         polynucleotide of the first species and the nuclear         polynucleotide of the second species.

D19. The method of embodiment D18, wherein (c) comprises determining a ratio of the amount of extension product corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotide of the second species to the amount of extension product corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotide of the first species and determining a ratio of the amount of extension product corresponding to the nuclear polynucleotide of the second species to the amount of extension product corresponding to the nuclear polynucleotide of the first species; and (d) comprises determining the amount of mitochondrial nucleic acid relative to the amount of nuclear nucleic acid in the sample based on the ratios of (c).

D20. The method of any one of embodiments D1 to D19, wherein the sets of mitochondrial polynucleotides and the sets of nuclear polynucleotides are in a single reaction vessel or a single reaction vessel compartment.

D20.1 The method of any one of embodiments D1 to D19, wherein the sets of mitochondrial polynucleotides and the sets of nuclear polynucleotides are in different separate reaction vessels or reaction vessel compartments.

D21. The method of any one of embodiments D18 to D20, wherein V is a single nucleotide position at which a nucleotide of the mitochondrial polynucleotide of the first species differs from the corresponding nucleotide of the mitochondrial polynucleotide of the second species and the primers are extended up to the single nucleotide.

D22. The method of any one of embodiments D18 to D20, wherein V is a single nucleotide position at which a nucleotide of the nuclear polynucleotide of the first species differs from the corresponding nucleotide of the nuclear polynucleotide of the second species and the primers are extended up to the single nucleotide.

D23. The method of any one of embodiments D18 to D22, wherein the chain terminating reagents are chain terminating nucleotides.

D24. The method of embodiment D23, wherein the chain terminating nucleotides independently are selected from among ddATP, ddGTP, ddCTP, ddTTP and ddUTP.

D25. The method of any one of embodiments D18 to D24, wherein the chain terminating reagents comprise one or more acyclic terminators.

D26. The method of any one of embodiments D18 to D25, wherein one or more of the chain terminating reagents comprises a detectable label.

D27. The method of embodiment D26, wherein the label is a fluorescent label or dye.

D28. The method of embodiment D26, wherein the label is a mass label and detection is by mass spectrometry.

D29. The method of any one of embodiments D1-D28, comprising between about 25 to about 45 PCR amplification cycles in (b).

D30. The method of any one of embodiments D18 to D25, wherein the extension conditions in (c) comprise between about 20 to about 300 cycles.

D31. The method of any one of embodiments D1.1 to D30, wherein the ratios for a plurality of sets mitochondrial polynucleotides and a plurality of sets of nuclear polynucleotides are combined and the relative dosage of mitochondrial nucleic acid to nuclear nucleic acid for the sample is determined based on the combined ratio.

D32. The method of embodiment D31, wherein the combined ratio is an average ratio or a median ratio.

D33. The method of any one of embodiments D1.1 to D32, wherein the ratio of each set is compared to an average or median ratio based on the plurality of sets and an outlier or cluster that deviates from the average or median ratio is an indication of a mitochondrial deletion.

D34. The method of any one of embodiments D1.1 to D32, wherein the ratio of a set of a mitochondrial paralog representing one region of the mitochondrial genome is compared to the ratio of each of the other sets of a mitochondrial paralog representing different regions of the mitochondrial genome and the presence of one or more deletions in the mitochondrial genome is determined based on a difference in the ratio of the set representing the one region compared with the ratios for one or more sets representing other regions of the mitochondrial genome.

D35. The method of any one of embodiments D1 to D34, wherein a baseline value for the dosage of mitochondrial nucleic acid relative to nuclear nucleic acid is determined for the subject or a population of subjects and the dosage of mitochondrial nucleic acid relative to nuclear nucleic acid for the sample from the subject is compared to the baseline value.

D36. The method of any one of embodiments D1 to D35, wherein the dosage of mitochondrial nucleic acid relative to nuclear nucleic acid for the sample from the subject is used in determining the likelihood the subject has or is pre-disposed to having a disease, disorder or symptoms associated with an increase or decrease in the dosage of mitochondria nucleic acid or a deletion in the mitochondrial genome.

D37. The method of embodiment D36, wherein the disease or disorder is a neurodegenerative disease, a cancer, a disease or disorder associated with mitochondrial stability, a disease or disorder associated with a mitochondrial deletion, a metabolic disease, a cardiovascular disease, a disease or disorder associated with oxidative stress, a disease or disorder associated with infertility or a disease or disorder associated with sepsis.

D38. The method of embodiment D37, wherein the disease or disorder is Parkinson's disease, Alzheimers disease, Friedreich's Ataxia, Amyotropic lateral sclerosis, Multiple sclerosis (MS), POLG associated diseases, Opthalmoplegia, Alper's syndrome, Leigh's syndrome, Kearns-Sayre syndrome (KSS), Leber's heredity optic neuropathy (LHON), Mitochondiral encophalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, stroke like episodes (MELAS), Myoclonic Epilepsy with Ragged Red Fibers (MERRF), gastric cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) HPV related cancer, breast cancer, Ewing's Sarcoma, pancreatic cancer, liver cancer, testicular cancer, prostate cancer, renal cell carcinoma (RCC), bladder cancer, ovarian cancer, obesity, diabetes, pre-diabetes, diabetic retinopathy, diabetic cardiomyopathies, coronary heart disease and sepsis.

D39. The method of any one of embodiments D1 to D38, wherein the dosage of mitochondrial nucleic acid relative to nuclear nucleic acid for the sample from the subject is used to monitor the efficacy of treatment of the subject for a disease, disorder or symptoms associated with an increase or decrease in the dosage of mitochondria nucleic acid or a deletion in the mitochondrial genome.

D40. The method of any one of embodiments D1 to D39, wherein the sample comprises circulating cell free nucleic acid.

D41. The method of embodiment D40, wherein the sample is chosen from blood plasma, blood serum, spinal fluid, cerebrospinal fluid and urine.

E1. A kit comprising amplification primer pairs that comprise polynucleotides chosen from polynucleotides of Table 7 or portions thereof.

E2. The kit of embodiment E1, further comprising extension primers that comprise polynucleotides chosen from polynucleotides of Table 7 or portions thereof.

The entirety of each patent, patent application, publication and document referenced herein hereby is incorporated by reference. Citation of the above patents, patent applications, publications and documents is not an admission that any of the foregoing is pertinent prior art, nor does it constitute any admission as to the contents or date of these publications or documents.

Modifications may be made to the foregoing without departing from the basic aspects of the technology. Although the technology has been described in substantial detail with reference to one or more specific embodiments, those of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that changes may be made to the embodiments specifically disclosed in this application, yet these modifications and improvements are within the scope and spirit of the technology.

The technology illustratively described herein suitably may be practiced in the absence of any element(s) not specifically disclosed herein. Thus, for example, in each instance herein any of the terms “comprising,” “consisting essentially of,” and “consisting of” may be replaced with either of the other two terms. The terms and expressions which have been employed are used as terms of description and not of limitation, and use of such terms and expressions do not exclude any equivalents of the features shown and described or portions thereof, and various modifications are possible within the scope of the technology claimed. The term “a” or “an” can refer to one of or a plurality of the elements it modifies (e.g., “a reagent” can mean one or more reagents) unless it is contextually clear either one of the elements or more than one of the elements is described. The term “about” as used herein refers to a value within 10% of the underlying parameter (i.e., plus or minus 10%), and use of the term “about” at the beginning of a string of values modifies each of the values (i.e., “about 1, 2 and 3” is about 1, about 2 and about 3). For example, a weight of “about 100 grams” can include weights between 90 grams and 110 grams. Thus, it should be understood that although the present technology has been specifically disclosed by representative embodiments and optional features, modification and variation of the concepts herein disclosed may be resorted to by those skilled in the art, and such modifications and variations are considered within the scope of this technology.

Embodiments of the technology are set forth in the claim(s) that follow(s). 

What is claimed is:
 1. A multiplex method for determining dosage of mitochondrial nucleic acid relative to nuclear nucleic acid for a sample from a subject, comprising: a. contacting nucleic acid of a sample from a subject comprising nucleic acid of a first species comprising a nuclear genome and a mitochondrial genome with nucleic acid of a second species comprising nucleic acid of a nuclear genome and a mitochondrial genome for which the copy number of the mitochondrial genome and the copy number of the nuclear genome are known, wherein the nuclear genome of the first species has regions that are paralogous to regions of the nuclear genome of the second species and the mitochondrial genome of the first species has regions that are paralogous to regions of the mitochondrial genome of the second species; b. amplifying sets of nuclear polynucleotides of paralogous regions of the nuclear genome of the first species and the nuclear genome of the second species and sets of mitochondrial polynucleotides of paralogous regions of the mitochondrial genome of the first species and the mitochondrial genome of the second species from the nucleic acid of (a) under amplification conditions, wherein: (i) each set comprises a polynucleotide of the nuclear genome of the first species and a polynucleotide of the nuclear genome of the second species or each set comprises a polynucleotide of the mitochondrial genome of the first species and a polynucleotide of the mitochondrial genome of the second species; (ii) the mitochondrial polynucleotides and the nuclear polynucleotides are native; (iii) the mitochondrial polynucleotides of a set differ from the mitochondrial polynucleotides of the other sets and the nuclear polynucleotides of a set differ from the nuclear polynucleotides of the other sets; (iv) the mitochondrial polynucleotides of a set and the nuclear polynucleotides of a set are defined by formula ^(5′)J-V-K^(3′); (v)^(5′)J-V-K^(3′) represents a contiguous sequence of nucleotides present in the mitochondrial polynucleotides or in the nuclear polynucleotides; (vi) J and K of the mitochondrial polynucleotides of a set are identical and J and K of the nuclear polynucleotides of a set are identical; and (vii) V is one or more nucleotide positions at which a nucleotide of the mitochondrial polynucleotides of the first and second species of a set differ or V is one or more nucleotide positions at which a nucleotide of the nuclear polynucleotides of the first and second species of a set differ; thereby providing a plurality of amplified sets each comprising amplicons corresponding to all or a portion of the mitochondrial polynucleotides of a set or amplicons corresponding to all or a portion of the amplified nuclear polynucleotides of a set; c. comparing the amplicons corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotide of the second species to the amplicons corresponding to mitochondrial polynucleotide of the first species in a set and comparing the amplicons corresponding to the nuclear polynucleotide of the second species to the amplicons corresponding to the nuclear polynucleotide of the first species in a set, thereby generating comparisons; and d. determining the relative dosage of mitochondrial nucleic acid to the nuclear nucleic acid in the sample from the subject based on comparisons of (c) for all sets.
 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the comparisons in (c) are a ratio of the amount of the amplicons corresponding to the polynucleotide of the mitochondrial genome of the second species to the amount of amplicons corresponding to polynucleotide of the mitochondrial genome of the first species in a set and a ratio of the amount of the amplicons corresponding to the polynucleotide of the nuclear genome of the second species to the amount of amplicons corresponding to the polynucleotide of the nuclear genome of the first species in a set, and determining the relative dosage of mitochondrial nucleic acid to nuclear nucleic acid in the sample from the subject in (d) is based on the ratios.
 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first species is human.
 4. The method of claim 3, wherein the second species is chimpanzee.
 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the nucleic acid for the sample is DNA.
 6. The method of claim 1, wherein amplifying is by a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) process.
 7. The method of claim 1, wherein V is a single nucleotide position.
 8. The method of claim 1, wherein ^(5′)J-V-K^(3′) is about 30 base pairs to about 300 base pairs in length.
 9. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of amplified sets of nuclear polynucleotides and the plurality of amplified sets of mitochondrial polynucleotides are each about 2 sets to about 20 sets.
 10. The method of claim 1, wherein the mitochondrial polynucleotides of a set comprise polynucleotides or portions thereof chosen from Table
 6. 11. The method of claim 1, wherein the mitochondrial polynucleotides of a set are reproducibly amplified relative to each other by a single pair of amplification primers that hybridize to a mitochondrial polynucleotide within J and K and the nuclear polynucleotides of a set are reproducibly amplified relative to each other by a single pair of amplification primers that hybridize to a nuclear polynucleotide within J and K.
 12. The method of claim 1, wherein (c) comprises determining the amount of a nucleotide at V in the amplicons corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotide of the first species and the second species of a set and determining the amount of a nucleotide at V in the amplicons corresponding to the nuclear polynucleotide of the first species and the second species of a set.
 13. The method of claim 12, wherein determining the amount of a nucleotide at V in the amplicons corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotide of the first species and the second species of a set and determining the amount of a nucleotide at V in the amplicons corresponding to the nuclear polynucleotide of the first species and the second species of a set is by massive parallel sequencing process.
 14. The method of claim 12, wherein (c) comprises contacting the amplicons with extension primers under extension conditions comprising chain terminating reagents, wherein: (1) the chain terminating reagent that is specific for the amplicons corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotide of the first species is not specific for the amplicons corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotide of the second species; and (2) the chain terminating reagent specific for the amplicons corresponding to the nuclear polynucleotide of the first species is not specific for the amplicons corresponding to the nuclear polynucleotide of the second species, whereby the primers are extended up to V, thereby generating chain terminated extension products corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotide of the first species, the mitochondrial polynucleotide of the second species, the nuclear polynucleotide of the first species and the nuclear polynucleotide of the second species.
 15. The method of claim 14, wherein (c) comprises determining a ratio of the amount of extension product corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotide of the second species to the amount of extension product corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotide of the first species and determining a ratio of the amount of extension product corresponding to the nuclear polynucleotide of the second species to the amount of extension product corresponding to the nuclear polynucleotide of the first species; and (d) comprises determining the amount of mitochondrial nucleic acid relative to the amount of nuclear nucleic acid in the sample based on the ratios of (c).
 16. The method of claim 1, wherein for the sets of mitochondrial polynucleotides and the sets of nuclear polynucleotides are in a single reaction vessel or a single reaction vessel compartment.
 17. The method of claim 1, wherein the ratios for a plurality of sets mitochondrial polynucleotides and a plurality of sets of nuclear polynucleotides are combined and the relative dosage of mitochondrial nucleic acid to nuclear nucleic acid for the sample is determined based on the combined ratio.
 18. The method of claim 1, wherein the sample comprises circulating cell free nucleic acid.
 19. A kit comprising amplification primer pairs that comprise polynucleotides chosen from polynucleotides of Table 7 or portions thereof.
 20. A multiplex method for determining dosage of mitochondrial nucleic acid relative to genomic nucleic acid for a sample from a subject, comprising: a. amplifying sets of mitochondrial polynucleotides and genomic polynucleotides from nucleic acid for a sample under amplification conditions, wherein: (i) each set comprises a mitochondrial polynucleotide and a genomic polynucleotide; (ii) the mitochondrial polynucleotide and the genomic polynucleotide are native; (iii) the mitochondrial polynucleotide of a set differs from the mitochondrial polynucleotide of the other sets and the genomic polynucleotide of a set differs from the genomic polynucleotide of the other sets; (iv) the mitochondrial polynucleotide and the genomic polynucleotide of a set are defined by formula ^(5′)X-V-Y^(3′); (v)^(5′)X-V-Y^(3′) represents a contiguous sequence of nucleotides present in the mitochondrial polynucleotide and the genomic polynucleotide; (vi) X and Y of the mitochondrial polynucleotide are identical to X and Y, respectively, of the genomic polynucleotide in each set; (vii) V is one or more nucleotide positions at which a nucleotide of the mitochondrial polynucleotide differs from the corresponding nucleotide of the genomic polynucleotide in a set; thereby providing a plurality of amplified sets each comprising amplicons corresponding to all or a portion of the mitochondrial polynucleotide and amplified genomic polynucleotide in the set; b. comparing (i) the amplicons corresponding to the mitochondrial polynucleotide, to (ii) the amplicons corresponding to the genomic polynucleotide for each set, thereby generating a comparison; and c. determining the relative dosage of mitochondrial nucleic acid to genomic nucleic acid in the sample based on the comparison. 